libhal-dev

[sktsee]

On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 11:12:28 +0200, Oliver Grawert wrote:

> hi,
> Am Mittwoch, den 09.10.2013, 13:11 -0500 schrieb W. Scott Lockwood III:
>> Does anyone know what happened to libhal-dev for 13.10?
>> http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/package/core/saucy/universe/base/libhal-
dev
>> shows it as deleted. Wine still uses libhal-dev, so I'm wondering why,
>> and if there is a plan to replace it's functionality?
>> 
>> 
> hal was discontinued 4 years ago, it is completely unmaintained ... if
> software doesn't get fixes and updates anymore to cope with the changes
> underneath and around it, you can only carry it along for so long ...
> 
> hal's functionality was merged into udev back in 2008.
> 
>

So how will users play DRM protected content (like Amazon video) with 
adobe flash player if hal isn't installed? It's still listed as a 
prerequisite on Adobe's site:

http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/multi/flash-player-11-problems-
playing.html

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