From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jul 26 17:25:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA04147 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 17:25:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (castles319.castles.com [208.214.167.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA04103 for ; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 17:24:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@antipodes.cdrom.com) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antipodes.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA12870; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 17:23:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199807270023.RAA12870@antipodes.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Giao Nguyen cc: Peter van Heusden , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netscape Directory API port? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 21 Jul 1998 18:24:56 EDT." <19980721182456.A13495@beelzebubba.sysabend.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 17:23:16 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Mike Smith said: > > > > > > 1) Is anyone actively working on such a port already? > > > > You will want to talk with Giao Nguyen who is > > carrying an LDAP torch at the moment. I believe he's still working on > > the Umich server port, which needs a million patches. He ought to be > > about ready with it though (*poke*). > > I think that was a hint. :) Very good. > Thank you for reminding me though. I haven't been working on the umich > port proper as much as digesting RFC's and notes from the FreeBSD community > and others. It's just not right to get into something without fully > understanding it (note: Send that last comment to a certain software > company). They will tell you it's better to get to market with a half-finished product, exterminate your competition and then rewrite from scratch. > I am now approaching patch collection status. If you've got patches since > the last port owner was active, please send them my way. *Active* work will > commence once I've got it all (or a good sized chunk). You have the list I gave you initially; I haven't seen anything beyond that AFAIK. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message