Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:12:27 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: larrypatrickmaloney@yahoo.com Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fw: Re: System-tools-backends Summer of Code Message-ID: <1251655947.21716.23.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <696626.81818.qm@web65606.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> References: <696626.81818.qm@web65606.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>
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--=-Xq3fn19wUjRw3NhC2FBN Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2009-08-30 at 10:07 -0700, Larry Maloney wrote: > Dear Team, >=20 > I would like to take up System-tools-backends for gnome / FreeBSD. >=20 > Can I have it? Absolutely. You can use me as a point of contact for your work. Joe >=20 > Larry > --- On Sun, 4/19/09, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >=20 > From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> > Subject: Re: System-tools-backends Summer of Code > To: larrypatrickmaloney@yahoo.com > Date: Sunday, April 19, 2009, 3:52 PM >=20 > On Sat, 2009-04-18 at 17:29 -0700, Larry Maloney wrote: > > Marcus, > >=20 > > I am trying to use gnomes "users and groups" app in gnome on BSD, but=20 > > I'm having problems. > >=20 > > I do have the latest and greatest system-tools-backends, but based on=20 > > this summer of code recommendation, it seems that my problem might be=20 > > everyones problem. > >=20 > > What exactly is NOT working in System-tools-backends for freebsd with g= nome? > >=20 > > I may have to work on this, just to get what I need done. >=20 > Thanks for your interest. As you have already seen, "Users and Groups" > has problems. Essentially, every module needs to be made to work. This > means hacking the backend Perl code to respect FreeBSD paths, helper > applications, etc. >=20 > If you're serious about fixing this code, I recommend you send an email > out to gnome@FreeBSD.org and ask for specific problems. I haven't used > these tools in a while since I've known they did not work. In > particular, modifying services used to mess up the box so bad, it would > just crash. >=20 > You're the first to step up to this challenge, so I certainly hope > you'll consider doing the work. If you do, I would like you to take > ownership of this module moving forward. That is, you would be the one > responsible for making sure the FreeBSD support doesn't rot. The > FreeBSD GNOME team is hurting for contributors right now, so we're very > eager to get new blood. >=20 > Joe >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-gnome-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-Xq3fn19wUjRw3NhC2FBN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkqawQoACgkQb2iPiv4Uz4fb/QCggr2UTHvxqtN2T8TvMBdm1U7d CRYAoKmjpza97wGXErmZ81NXVqKeGOYh =4lXH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-Xq3fn19wUjRw3NhC2FBN--
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