Comment 25 for bug 399319

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Abel Deuring (adeuring) wrote : Re: [Bug 399319] Re: Remove the HAL dependency from Launchpad HWDB and checkbox

On 26.08.2009 17:09, Marc Tardif wrote:
> The problem is unrelated to this bug, it will be addressed separately.
> There is not necessarily a direct dependency between this bug and the
> problem with reporting dmi data. In fact, this problem could've occured
> after this bug had been fixed, committed and released. It's just an
> unfortunate coincidence that it happened before. I would rather not
> postpone this important feature and request a feature freeze exception
> just because there's a bug which could later be addressed without such
> an exception.
>

well, my point is that a submission without the DMI data is useless --
that's the source for the system's vendor and product name. And this bug
is about the transistion away from HAL to, well, let's say, "udev plus
helpers".