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. >=20 > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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
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