evdev-1.2.0 / hal-0.5.10 combo broken?

[Daniel Stone]

On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 10:20:58PM -0800, Donnie Berkholz wrote:
> On 17:11 Sat 19 Jan     , Daniel Stone wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 09:32:48PM -0800, Donnie Berkholz wrote:
> > > On 15:15 Sat 19 Jan     , Daniel Stone wrote:
> > > > I agree, the default should be AutoAddDevices, AutoEnableDevices, and 
> > > > AllowEmptyInput.  I'd recommend distributions make these the default.
> > > 
> > > If so, why aren't they all the upstream defaults?
> > 
> > Mainly just because we can't expect HAL to be installed and functional,
> > but I guess we could just document the change and tell people to suck it
> > up (though complain they will).
> 
> Would it be possible to set the defaults dependent on whether the 
> server's built with HAL support? That way the assumption is just that if 
> they build with HAL, they're using it.

Yep, that's the plan, inasmuch as one exists.

Cheers,
Daniel
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