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libgnome<br> | libgnome (which is required by dia, glade3-libgladeui, gnome-python2-applet, gnome-python2-bonobo, gnome-python2-libegg, gnome-python2-gnome, gnote, libbonoboui, mousetweaks, planner)<br> | ||
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Revision as of 11:00, 24 November 2010
HAL Removal
Summary
HAL is a behemoth, do-it-all, daemon to access hardware. It is now obsoleted by udisks (né DeviceKit-disks) and upower (né DeviceKit-power), as well as libudev for device discovery.
This feature tracks the removal of HAL in the Fedora Desktop spin.
See also:
Note that gnome-vfs2 still relies on HAL, and is dragged in through libgnomeui. So removing the gnome-vfs2, or libgnomeui dependencies from applications also helps towards that goal.
Owner
- Name: Bastien Nocera
- email: bnocera@redhat.com
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 42
- Last updated: 2010-03-23
- Percentage of completion: 80%
Detailed Description
Packages in the desktop spin:
| Package name | Status | Bug reports or discussions |
|---|---|---|
| cheese | done | |
| epiphany | done | Removed obsolete gnome-vfs2-devel dependency |
| evolution | done | |
| evolution-data-server | done | |
| gdm | done | |
| gnome-pilot | TODO | upstream bug 593936 |
| gnome-power-manager | done? | |
| gnome-vfs2 | WONTFIX | Applications should be removing their use of gnome-vfs2 and use gvfs instead. Direct gnome-vfs2 rdeps: dasher (DONE upstream) |
| gstreamer-plugins-good | done | |
| gvfs | done | |
| gvfs-obexftp | done | |
| libfprint | done | Still requires hal-filesystem |
| libgpod | done | |
| libmtp | done | libmtp-hal subpackage requires hal-info |
| pm-utils | done | |
| rhythmbox | done | |
| shotwell | done | |
| system-setup-keyboard | done | Used for keymap selection |
| xine-lib | done | dependency on gnome-vfs2 removed |
| xorg-x11-server-Xorg | done |
Other packages outside the desktop spin:
| Package name | Status | Bug reports or discussions |
|---|---|---|
| beldi | TODO | |
| blueman | TODO | fedora bug 561019 |
| exaile | TODO | upstream bug |
| gimp | TODO | upstream bug |
| gnome-commander | TODO | Requires gnome-vfs2-smb upstream bug |
| gnome-device-manager | TODO | |
| gparted | done | |
| hplip | done? | upstream bug |
| ifuse | TODO | |
| k3b | done | |
| kdebase-runtime | TODO | Requires hal-storage-addon. The dependency can probably be dropped after Solid is ported (see next item). |
| kdelibs | TODO | DONE upstream, TODO in Rawhide: Solid requires HAL in the KDE platform <= 4.5.x. u* backends are now available in 4.6 trunk. We're currently waiting for the upstream 4.6 Beta 1 release. (There are no Alpha releases of KDE anymore, so Beta 1 is the first set of tarballs from the branch.) |
| libconcord | TODO | |
| libvirt | done | |
| lxsession | TODO | |
| matahari | TODO | |
| nut | TODO | |
| ovirt-server | TODO | ovirt-server-installer subpackage requires hal |
| pcsc-lite | TODO | Requires hal-libs |
| razertool | TODO | |
| smolt | TODO | fedora bug 634883 |
| xfce4-cddrive-plugin | TODO | |
| xfce4-power-manager | TODO | |
| xfce4-volstatus-icon | TODO |
Benefit to Fedora
Faster boot-up, and removal of obsoleted technology.
Scope
Loads of applications require HAL itself, or libhal. Applications should not rely on HAL, or libhal being available.
How To Test
Need to test:
- yum remove hal-filesystem hal-libs
- Check that nothing gets removed because it depends on hal
- Check that applications that access hardware still work as before
User Experience
- Faster boot-up
- Possibly faster applications startup when switching from libhal to libgudev for device enumeration
Dependencies
- See description
Contingency Plan
- Still ship HAL. If the last thing that depends on hal is gnome-power-manager for the backlight support, we can stop running hal as a service at boot and make it dbus-activated instead.
Documentation
N/A
Release Notes
- Fedora now does not ship with the HAL daemon, and libhal by default. If a specific application require libhal to function, please file a bug against it to be ported to the new technology.