Fw: Re: System-tools-backends Summer of Code

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Sun, 2009-08-30 at 15:42 -0700, Larry Maloney wrote:
> 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?
> 
> Honestly, I'm not sure.  I haven't looked at the backends in so long,
> I'm not sure what's broken currently.  I know for certain FreeBSD 9.X
> support is needed.
> 
> 
> And Joe, you earlier indicated that this is probably due to path
> differences in Linux VS BSD for perl...
> 
> Doubtful.  The bigger problems are different file formats, helper
> utilities, and configuration paths.
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
> Larry
> 
> --- On Sun, 8/30/09, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus at marcuscom.com> wrote:
>         
>         From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus at marcuscom.com>
>         Subject: Re: Fw: Re: System-tools-backends Summer of Code
>         To: larrypatrickmaloney at yahoo.com
>         Cc: gnome at 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 at FreeBSD.org>
>         wrote:
>         > 
>         > From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus at FreeBSD.org>
>         > Subject: Re: System-tools-backends Summer of Code
>         > To: larrypatrickmaloney at 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 at 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
>         > 
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