Re: hal privileges [was: Re: [Utopia] gnome-mount 0.3 is out]

[David Zeuthen <david fubar dk>]

On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 18:22 +0100, Martin Pitt wrote:
> Hi David!
> 
> David Zeuthen [2006-01-12 12:07 -0500]:
> > But... there's a world of difference from a local exploit that requires
> > you to be at the console... to one that doesn't require physical.
> 
> True.
> 
> > Calling hal dangerous in that sense is frankly not fair. 
> 
> Sorry, this was just a heated reaction to the 'crippled'. I apologize.
> Let's forget about this part, shall we?

Sure thing :-)

> 
> > I don't really have the time, the energy nor the inclination to argue
> > about this any more.
> 
> *agree*, me neither.
> 
> > I really do hope to see the patch from you or Matthew that splits
> > hald into two processes..
> 
> Yes, I'm sure we'll find a solution. Sjoerd Simons is already working
> at one, too. :)

Sounds good!

> 
> > with this, we can start shipping the same code. Only by doing this
> > we can pave the way for e.g.  gfloppy to do useful things using HAL.
> > I'd hate to see Ubuntu do one thing and Red Hat and Novell another.
> > That would just be a waste of time.
> 
> *nod*

Awesome!

Cheers,
David