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Halsectomy

Differences between revisions 59 and 126 (spanning 67 versions)

Summary

Hal is in the process of being deprecated, since it has become a large monolithic unmaintainable mess, and also duplicates a lot of functionality which are nowadays provided by udev and the kernel itself. Please see David Zeuthen's and Kay Siever's summaries of plans.

Tracker bug for Gnome related packages: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593938

Migration in Ubuntu

Functionality	Comment	Upstream Status	Who	Ubuntu Status
Device ACLs	moved to udev	DONE	Kay Sievers	DONE
Fn/Multimedia key handling	moved to udev	DONE	Martin Pitt	DONE
libgphoto2 camera handling	tagging as libgphoto device (patch sent and committed); (discussion); `libgphoto2_port/disk/disk.c` falls back to `/etc/mtab` reading without hal, which is functionally equivalent	DONE	Martin Pitt	DONE
hal-cups-utils printer detection		DONE	Tim Waugh, Till Kamppeter	DONE
NM device detection	NM uses gudev now	DONE	Dan Williams	DONE
Pulseaudio	migrated to libudev in 0.9.16test1	DONE	Lennart Poettering	DONE
GNOME storage handling	gvfs uses gdu/udisks now; gvfs backends were ported to libudev (cdda, gphoto, obexftp); applied in 1.3.4	DONE	Martin Pitt	DONE
checkbox	convert to `udevadm info --export-db` and `grep -r . /sys/class/dmi/id/` Bug report	DONE	Abel Deuring	DONE
identify media players and capabilities	http://cgit.freedesktop.org/media-player-info/	DONE	Martin Pitt, Christophe Fergeau	DONE
Rhythmbox music player detection	uses gudev now.	DONE		DONE
gnome-bluetooth		DONE		DONE
GDM	migrated to libxklaver	DONE	Martin Pitt	DONE
X.org input device detection	migrated to libudev	DONE		DONE
pm-utils suspend quirks	pm-utils has its own DB now	DONE	Victor Lowther, Martin Pitt	DONE
cheese		DONE		DONE
Evolution		DONE		DONE
gstreamer0.10-plugins-good	Since 0.10.16 gstreamer0.10-plugins-good uses gudev	DONE		DONE
GNOME power management	g-p-m uses DeviceKit-power now. HAL support has been dropped upstream	DONE	Richard Hughes	DONE
liboobs	Library required by gnome-system-tools. The HAL requirement is optional	DONE		DONE
xfce4-power-manager	Fixed upstream in 0.9.98; Ubuntu: available in xubuntu-dev PPA	DONE		DONE
xfce4-session	Fixed in upstream git head and xubuntu-dev PPA	DONE		DONE
thunar	Done in 1.1.0, in xubuntu-dev PPA	DONE		DONE
thunar-volman	Done in 0.5.0, in xubuntu-dev PPA	DONE		DONE
Banshee music player detection	new backend landed in trunk	DONE		DONE
Amarok music player detection		DONE		DONE
xfburn		DONE		DONE
digikam	using solid	DONE	?	DONE
Gimp	Upstream report filled	TODO		DONE (disabled)
gnome-pilot	Upstream report filled	TODO		Dropped
landscape-client		TODO	Landscape team	DONE
xfce4-volstatus-icon	Likely WONTFIX, depends on exo-mount, dropped upstream with exo 0.5.3	TODO		TODO
xfce4-governor-plugin	Likely WONTFIX, should just be removed from the archive	TODO		TODO
xfce4-cddrive-plugin	Likely WONTFIX, depends on exo-mount, dropped upstream with exo 0.5.3	TODO		TODO
pitivi	upstream report filed	TODO		DONE
pcscd		TODO		DONE (disabled, using libusb)
qtmobility		TODO		DONE

Migration in Debian

See http://wiki.debian.org/HALRemoval

Halsectomy (last edited 2013-05-10 17:41:38 by rrcs-67-78-168-186)

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-== Migration in Karmic ==
+Tracker bug for Gnome related packages: [[https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593938]]
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-|| '''Functionality''' || '''Comment''' || '''Upstream Status''' || '''Who''' || '''Karmic Status''' ||
|| Device ACLs || moved to udev-extras ||<#CCFFCC> DONE || Kay Sievers ||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||
|| Fn/Multimedia key handling || moved to udev-extras ||<#CCFFCC> DONE || Martin Pitt ||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||
|| libgphoto2 camera handling || needs tagging as libgphoto device ([[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2801117&group_id=8874&atid=308874|patch sent and committed]]); ([[http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/devkit-devel/2009-June/000191.html|discussion]]); udev-extras auto-acl management [[http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev-extras.git;a=commit;h=eeb632dc3cf4ca51650c15cb278c28b800883bd0|fixed]] as well; ` libgphoto2_port/disk/disk.c` falls back to `/etc/mtab` reading without hal, which is functionally equivalent ||<#CCFFCC> DONE || Martin Pitt ||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||
|| hal-cups-utils printer detection || needs migration to libudev ([[http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/devkit-devel/2009-June/000202.html|discussion started]]); WIP in [[http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=system-config-printer.git;a=log;h=refs/heads/udev|git tree]]; Code base is there, successfully tested that it works with HPLIP, scales with high numbers of USB printers (plugged 10 at the same time), ...; Packaged for Ubuntu with the source package system-config-printer, as binary package system-config-printer-udev; Closed/Moved all hal-cups-admin bug reports ||<#CCFFCC> DONE || Tim Waugh, Till Kamppeter ||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||
|| NM device detection || NM [[ http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=c9067d8fedf6f6f2d530fd68bbfca7ce68638d38|uses gudev now]]; needs upstream release/packaging ||<#CCFFCC> DONE  || Dan Williams ||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||
+== Migration in Ubuntu ==

|| '''Functionality''' || '''Comment''' || '''Upstream Status''' || '''Who''' || '''Ubuntu Status''' ||
|| Device ACLs || moved to udev ||<#CCFFCC> DONE || Kay Sievers ||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||
|| Fn/Multimedia key handling || moved to udev ||<#CCFFCC> DONE || Martin Pitt ||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||
|| libgphoto2 camera handling || tagging as libgphoto device ([[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2801117&group_id=8874&atid=308874|patch sent and committed]]); ([[http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/devkit-devel/2009-June/000191.html|discussion]]); ` libgphoto2_port/disk/disk.c` falls back to `/etc/mtab` reading without hal, which is functionally equivalent ||<#CCFFCC> DONE || Martin Pitt ||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||
|| hal-cups-utils printer detection ||  ||<#CCFFCC> DONE || Tim Waugh, Till Kamppeter ||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||
|| NM device detection || NM [[ http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=c9067d8fedf6f6f2d530fd68bbfca7ce68638d38|uses gudev now]] ||<#CCFFCC> DONE  || Dan Williams ||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||
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-|| GNOME storage handling || gvfs uses Device``Kit-disks now, but still builds hal volume monitor; gvfs backends were ported to libudev ([[http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=586409|cdda]], [[http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=586410|gphoto]], [[http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=586411|obexftp]]); applied in 1.3.4 ||<#CCFFCC> DONE || Martin Pitt ||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||
+|| GNOME storage handling || gvfs uses gdu/udisks now; gvfs backends were ported to libudev ([[http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=586409|cdda]], [[http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=586410|gphoto]], [[http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=586411|obexftp]]); applied in 1.3.4 ||<#CCFFCC> DONE || Martin Pitt ||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||
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-|| identify media players and capabilities || [[http://people.mandriva.com/~cfergeau/udev-media-players.txt|discussion]]; [[http://people.ubuntu.com/~pitti/tmp/hal-udev-music-players/|script written, converted data available]], [[ http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/devkit-devel/2009-June/000226.html|call for comments]]; [[http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~teuf/media-player-id/|started fd.o project]] ||<#CCFFCC> DONE || Martin Pitt, Christophe Fergeau ||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||
|| Rhythmbox music player detection ||Rhythmbox [[http://git.gnome.org/cgit/rhythmbox/commit/?id=91e93ba16a92c1d50c2c44e23aef460b445bbf05|uses gudev now]]. Karmic package needs upgrade to 0.12.4 version ||<#CCFFCC> DONE || ||<#CCFFCC> DONE  ||
|| GNOME power management || g-p-m uses Device``Kit-power now, but backlight handling still require hal when the backlight is not a xrandr device. All the X drivers need to support XBACKLIGHT before we can turn it off completely. Intel do, nouveau sortof does, so we could disable HAL in g-p-m using a #ifdef if we're sure the drivers support backlight  ||<#FFFFCC> 80% || Richard Hughes ||<#FFFFCC> 80% ||
|| gnome-bluetooth || [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-bluetooth/+bug/418401|Bug report]] ||<#CCFFCC> DONE || ||<#FFCCCC> TODO ||
|| GDM || [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/418981|Bug report]] ||<#FFCCCC> TODO || ||<#FFCCCC> TODO ||
|| Banshee music player detection || ||<#FFCCCC> TODO || ||<#FFCCCC> TODO ||
|| Amarok music player detection || ||<#FFCCCC> TODO || ||<#FFCCCC> TODO ||
|| pm-utils suspend quirks || transition hal-info rules to easy format, integrate into pm-utils itself ||<#FFCCCC> TODO || ||<#FFCCCC> TODO ||
|| X.org input device detection || needs migration to libudev. [[http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23462|Bug report]] ||<#FFCCCC> TODO || Peter Hutterer ||<#FFCCCC> TODO ||
|| Evolution || ||<#FFCCCC> TODO ||  ||<#FFCCCC> TODO ||
|| Evolution-plugins || ||<#FFCCCC> TODO ||  ||<#FFCCCC> TODO ||
|| Gimp || ||<#FFCCCC> [[http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=592364|TODO]] ||  ||<#FFCCCC> TODO ||
|| gnome-pilot || ||<#FFCCCC> TODO ||  ||<#FFCCCC> TODO ||
+|| identify media players and capabilities || http://cgit.freedesktop.org/media-player-info/ ||<#CCFFCC> DONE || Martin Pitt, Christophe Fergeau ||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||
|| Rhythmbox music player detection || [[http://git.gnome.org/cgit/rhythmbox/commit/?id=91e93ba16a92c1d50c2c44e23aef460b445bbf05|uses gudev now]]. ||<#CCFFCC> DONE || ||<#CCFFCC> DONE  ||
|| gnome-bluetooth || ||<#CCFFCC> DONE || ||<#CCFFCC> [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-bluetooth/+bug/418401|DONE]] ||
|| GDM || migrated to libxklaver ||<#CCFFCC>DONE || Martin Pitt ||<#CCFFCC> [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/418981|DONE]] ||
|| X.org input device detection || migrated to libudev ||<#CCFFCC> [[http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23462|DONE]] ||  ||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||
|| pm-utils suspend quirks || pm-utils has its own DB now ||<#CCFFCC> DONE || Victor Lowther, Martin Pitt||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||
|| cheese || ||<#CCFFCC> [[http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=594966|DONE]] ||  ||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||
|| Evolution || ||<#CCFFCC> [[http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=594967|DONE]] ||  ||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||
|| gstreamer0.10-plugins-good || Since 0.10.16 gstreamer0.10-plugins-good [[http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-good/commit/?id=946c20a8ba9d5266b45378c38f2882352c65b79d|uses gudev]] ||<#CCFFCC> [[https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=583640|DONE]] || ||<#CCFFCC> [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/gst-plugins-good/+bug/430099|DONE]]  ||
|| GNOME power management || g-p-m uses DeviceKit-power now. HAL support has been dropped upstream ||<#CCFFCC> [[http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593933|DONE]] || Richard Hughes ||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||
|| liboobs || Library required by gnome-system-tools. The HAL requirement is optional ||<#CCFFCC> DONE || ||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||
|| xfce4-power-manager || Fixed upstream in 0.9.98; Ubuntu: available in xubuntu-dev PPA ||<#CCFFCC> [[http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6116|DONE]] || ||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||
|| xfce4-session || Fixed in upstream git head and xubuntu-dev PPA ||<#CCFFCC> DONE || ||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||
|| thunar || Done in 1.1.0, in xubuntu-dev PPA ||<#CCFFCC> DONE || ||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||
|| thunar-volman || Done in 0.5.0, in xubuntu-dev PPA ||<#CCFFCC> DONE || ||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||
|| Banshee music player detection || [[http://git.gnome.org/browse/banshee/commit/?id=a3dc5844e08c9e010e8ddfc9004d2fe1a215496f|new backend landed in trunk]] ||<#CCFFCC> [[https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=612616|DONE]] || ||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||
|| Amarok music player detection || ||<#CCFFCC> DONE || ||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||
|| xfburn || ||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||  ||<#CCFFCC> DONE ||
|| digikam || using solid ||<#CCFFCC> DONE || ? ||<#CCFFCC> DONE  ||
|| Gimp || Upstream report filled ||<#FFCCCC> [[http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=592364|TODO]] ||  ||<#CCFFCC> DONE (disabled) ||
|| gnome-pilot || Upstream report filled ||<#FFCCCC> [[http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593936|TODO]] ||  ||<#FFCCCC> Dropped ||
|| landscape-client || ||<#FFCCCC> [[Bug:708502|TODO]] || Landscape team ||<#FFCCCC> [[Bug:708502|DONE]] ||
|| xfce4-volstatus-icon || Likely WONTFIX, depends on exo-mount, dropped upstream with exo 0.5.3 ||<#FFCCCC> TODO ||  ||<#FFCCCC> TODO ||
|| xfce4-governor-plugin || Likely WONTFIX, should just be removed from the archive ||<#FFCCCC> TODO ||  ||<#FFCCCC> TODO ||
|| xfce4-cddrive-plugin || Likely WONTFIX, depends on exo-mount, dropped upstream with exo 0.5.3 ||<#FFCCCC> TODO ||  ||<#FFCCCC> TODO ||
|| pitivi || upstream report filed ||<#FFCCCC> [[https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=605920|TODO]] || ||<#FFCCCC> DONE ||
|| pcscd || ||<#FFCCCC> [[http://bugs.debian.org/587979|TODO]] ||  ||<#CCFFCC> DONE (disabled, using libusb) ||
|| qtmobility || ||<#FFCCCC> [[http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTMOBILITY-1057|TODO]] || ||<#FFCCCC> [[Bug:708519|DONE]]  ||

== Migration in Debian ==

See http://wiki.debian.org/HALRemoval

Ubuntu Wiki

Halsectomy

Summary

Migration in Ubuntu

Migration in Debian