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On Friday 15 May 2009 22:38:30 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> pk wrote: |
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> > Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> >> DeviceKit isn't even in portage yet and not many packages support it. I |
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> >> don't even know if the devs will change and improve the configs much, if |
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> >> at all. The problem with hal is that it's code base is a mess, and it's |
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> >> design is a mish- mash of stuff throwwn together. At least, that's what |
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> >> the lead hal dev says |
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> > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/DeviceKit#Dependencies |
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> > I haven't looked into this in any depth but it seems like Devicekit will |
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> > not be an improvement (looks like it brings in the "kitchen sink" in |
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> > dependencies - I'm also "allergic" to gnome)... |
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> I don't see how it depends on Gnome. In any case, it's not obvious to |
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> me from either the link you posted nor from DeviceKit's homepage. |
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The only useful app using DeviceKit at this point depends on gnome. |
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So to get DeviceKit to do anything at all, you need gnome. This is due to |
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current circumstance, not design. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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