General questions about HAL

[Artem Kachitchkine]

> My question is, is there a nice, informative page about how to write FDI
> files? I believe that there are a lot of people out there who are
> capable of doing everything they want with HAL, but can't find the
> information (examples) they need to get going.

I strongly believe that all user customizations must be done on the desktop 
side, say if you're running GNOME with g-v-m and gnome-mount, GConf, you only 
need to look in GConf. Take Dik Takken's example - there is no reason g-v-m 
couldn't allow to specify commands to run on device insertion (per device type, 
per device instance, or other criteria).

System customizations should also move away from fdi editing. E.g. David's 
recent checkin will allow to black/whitelist devices from UI.

HAL is an open development (well almost ;) Anyone can make suggestion or feature 
requests. When David and the team thinks it's a worthwhile idea and fits into 
the overall HAL strategy, it should be added to the TODO list or some other 
publicly available document. Then creative users, instead of writing own scripts 
in the quiet of their home, can actually contribute and make life better for 
everyone. Isn't that what open source is all about?

-Artem.