Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:42:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Larry Maloney <larrypatrickmaloney@yahoo.com> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fw: Re: System-tools-backends Summer of Code Message-ID: <461755.19074.qm@web65613.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1251655947.21716.23.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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Great, I'm getting up to speed on backends now. Let me just make sure, that it IS true, that backends doesn't currently provide user provisioning through gnome user tools on BSD. Is that correct? And Joe, you earlier indicated that this is probably due to path differences in Linux VS BSD for perl... Larry --- On Sun, 8/30/09, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> wrote: From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Subject: Re: Fw: Re: System-tools-backends Summer of Code To: larrypatrickmaloney@yahoo.com Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Date: Sunday, August 30, 2009, 2:12 PM On Sun, 2009-08-30 at 10:07 -0700, Larry Maloney wrote: > Dear Team, > > I would like to take up System-tools-backends for gnome / FreeBSD. > > Can I have it? Absolutely. You can use me as a point of contact for your work. Joe > > Larry > --- On Sun, 4/19/09, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > 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 > > On Sat, 2009-04-18 at 17:29 -0700, Larry Maloney wrote: > > Marcus, > > > > I am trying to use gnomes "users and groups" app in gnome on BSD, but > > I'm having problems. > > > > I do have the latest and greatest system-tools-backends, but based on > > this summer of code recommendation, it seems that my problem might be > > everyones problem. > > > > What exactly is NOT working in System-tools-backends for freebsd with gnome? > > > > I may have to work on this, just to get what I need done. > > 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. > > 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. > > 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. > > Joe > > _______________________________________________ > 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" -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc
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