From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 30 22:42:24 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89EBF106566B for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:42:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from larrypatrickmaloney@yahoo.com) Received: from web65613.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (web65613.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.9.81]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 41C818FC1A for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:42:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 55986 invoked by uid 60001); 30 Aug 2009 22:42:23 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1251672143; bh=ZwB+cF3nO6H5euS/+LvvpHOrL0XXjkCT6jU6i9Zv4ao=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=IO9h7wRymAqkB1Im9LV9KrdnJ/tAMiAKRhv9kwVNX9bKsSF4Hrl2PHMmFdjj6KKAjbFJjw9WMfk9ovcGn8Iw4XIFJILMuY0aN9VMiswO47klH5z+ohSGVdzwu/TvT3RYfePVpN9nKKfIdNh7siJIvLttYCWs2lYNe6OsB/CbkXk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=L2fN+hIX687pGac9XFbMCXWpRP+MgGcJl+UUlT4fzOMqhan9LQDPRS+eVkCrHaSlp6ORuI4/OwyXDNRlg13FhZ/8RFf6XvTbSp3kQjs60vN6FIx1tUOOPtChbobX8BwQ1aOFlTqCto3HciQ7FEtRJYbbqPheJUncy+oPr/cyvfQ=; Message-ID: <461755.19074.qm@web65613.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: arOZstAVM1k3ltMneM9RyK_MCXeEGamdRqftDmL53aUVs4F3crEHl2j7vg7aomh9uI0Sa1OqbnyV53IagVWOYW.uR2SG5ffMgMtW4WwfGMR47LCG2Bq.bDEQJvNuQYp6cC9wrY4vdOggN1qqFs6YCgfu1rb00aV2TupaiHriTEUCIcPtJZuZ7.hp7BJU_SVbXOnTUs93Ya.8fOiByJaoYAY10dTOouOwq5vcsV3Z6WoBo7hg1cJwaaW9wOyEBYaSjz8lIeX1KTEL1MpATuYOtXOwrR7jLGuck5mwEA_zjAIjR4uiyVq6pwLQRdGBJSsll.1Rvf8ltJwpO2z0PWLVKcmEbry3nBwXGx3WeptEegdbOVenl_c7ovBai3Q2phkXVGi_Mkw- Received: from [66.92.0.185] by web65613.mail.ac4.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:42:23 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/6.1.2 YahooMailWebService/0.7.338.2 Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:42:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Larry Maloney To: Joe Marcus Clarke In-Reply-To: <1251655947.21716.23.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fw: Re: System-tools-backends Summer of Code X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: larrypatrickmaloney@yahoo.com List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:42:24 -0000 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 wrote: From: Joe Marcus Clarke 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 wrote: >=20 > From: Joe Marcus Clarke > 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