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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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On Sun, 2009-08-30 at 10:07 -0700, Larry Maloney wrote:
> Dear Team,
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> I would like to take up System-tools-backends for gnome / FreeBSD.
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> Can I have it?

Absolutely.  You can use me as a point of contact for your work.

Joe

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> Larry
> --- On Sun, 4/19/09, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
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> 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
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> On Sat, 2009-04-18 at 17:29 -0700, Larry Maloney wrote:
> > Marcus,
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> > I am trying to use gnomes "users and groups" app in gnome on BSD, but=20
> > I'm having problems.
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> > 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?
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> > I may have to work on this, just to get what I need done.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Joe
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