From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue May 29 13:54:50 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from postoffice.aims.com.au (advanc2.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.119.73]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 846F937B422 for ; Tue, 29 May 2001 13:54:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris@aims.com.au) Received: from postoffice.aims.com.au (nts-ts1.aims.private [192.168.10.2]) by postoffice.aims.com.au with ESMTP id f4TKsgr45074 for ; Wed, 30 May 2001 06:54:42 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from chris@aims.com.au) Received: from ntsts1 by aims.com.au with SMTP (MDaemon.v3.5.3.R) for ; Wed, 30 May 2001 06:54:11 +1000 Reply-To: From: "Chris Knight" To: Subject: RE: nsswitch progress Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 06:54:10 +1000 Message-ID: <067201c0e881$82f62ad0$020aa8c0@aims.private> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <20010528183714.C3857@shade.nectar.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Importance: Normal X-Return-Path: chris@aims.com.au X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Howdy, > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jacques A. > Vidrine > Sent: Tuesday, 29 May 2001 9:37 > To: Eric Masson > Cc: Mailing List FreeBSD Hackers > Subject: Re: nsswitch progress > > [snip] > > I've only been slowly working on nsswitch this year, as I'm occupied > on other projects. I intend to return to it and complete it as soon > as possible. Much new work has been done, but there is quite a bit of > tedium left. I will be very disappointed if I am not able to complete > the work before 5.0-RELEASE. > > I have no plans to do a MFC of the existing implementation, because > the API and functionality has changed from what I've committed to > -CURRENT, and indeed from the last set of patches I publicly posted. > > I don't have any objections to an MFC -- after all, the current code > is stable, and the API is the same as what is currently found in > NetBSD. It just is not a priority for me. Most people want support > for more than just files, NIS, and Hesiod. > If someone with commit privs is interested, I have a set of patches based on the 4.1-STABLE patches that apply cleanly to 4.3. This should be slightly quicker to merge with -STABLE. > Cheers, > -- > Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / jvidrine@verio.net / > nectar@FreeBSD.org > Regards, Chris Knight Systems Administrator AIMS Independent Computer Professionals Tel: +61 3 6334 6664 Fax: +61 3 6331 7032 Mob: +61 419 528 795 Web: http://www.aims.com.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message