Why is HAL being made the default when it's not ready?

Fri Oct 31 20:48:05 UTC 2008

On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 12:43 +0000, Chris Rees wrote:

> Ubuntu has used HAL as long as I remember, for Mac-style CD/DVD
> detection; USB sticks etc. 

The OP got it wrong, it's not about HAL but about input device
autodetection in Xorg 1.5 (which uses HAL). Info and a link to complete
discussion about the issue here in the release notes:
<http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/810#Limited%20support%
20for%20Wacom%20tablet%20hotplugging>