Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 06:54:10 +1000 From: "Chris Knight" <chris@aims.com.au> To: <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: nsswitch progress Message-ID: <067201c0e881$82f62ad0$020aa8c0@aims.private> In-Reply-To: <20010528183714.C3857@shade.nectar.com>
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Howdy, > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jacques A. > Vidrine > Sent: Tuesday, 29 May 2001 9:37 > To: Eric Masson > Cc: Mailing List FreeBSD Hackers > Subject: Re: nsswitch progress > > [snip] > > I've only been slowly working on nsswitch this year, as I'm occupied > on other projects. I intend to return to it and complete it as soon > as possible. Much new work has been done, but there is quite a bit of > tedium left. I will be very disappointed if I am not able to complete > the work before 5.0-RELEASE. > > I have no plans to do a MFC of the existing implementation, because > the API and functionality has changed from what I've committed to > -CURRENT, and indeed from the last set of patches I publicly posted. > > I don't have any objections to an MFC -- after all, the current code > is stable, and the API is the same as what is currently found in > NetBSD. It just is not a priority for me. Most people want support > for more than just files, NIS, and Hesiod. > If someone with commit privs is interested, I have a set of patches based on the 4.1-STABLE patches that apply cleanly to 4.3. This should be slightly quicker to merge with -STABLE. > Cheers, > -- > Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / jvidrine@verio.net / > nectar@FreeBSD.org > Regards, Chris Knight Systems Administrator AIMS Independent Computer Professionals Tel: +61 3 6334 6664 Fax: +61 3 6331 7032 Mob: +61 419 528 795 Web: http://www.aims.com.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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