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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.=A0 Let me just make sure, that it =
IS true, that backends doesn't currently provide user provisioning through =
gnome user tools on BSD.=A0 Is that correct?

And Joe, you earlier indicated that this is probably due to path difference=
s 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,
>=20
> I would like to take up System-tools-backends for gnome / FreeBSD.
>=20
> Can I have it?

Absolutely.=A0 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.=A0 As you have already seen, "Users and Groups"
> has problems.=A0 Essentially, every module needs to be made to work.=A0 T=
his
> 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.=A0 I haven't used
> these tools in a while since I've known they did not work.=A0 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.=A0 If you do, I would like you to take
> ownership of this module moving forward.=A0 That is, you would be the one
> responsible for making sure the FreeBSD support doesn't rot.=A0 The
> FreeBSD GNOME team is hurting for contributors right now, so we're very
> eager to get new blood.
>=20
> Joe
>=20
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