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Date:      Fri, 6 Dec 2002 09:41:27 -0800
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Octavian Hornoiu <octavian@hacknslash.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: nsswitch functionality
Message-ID:  <20021206094126.A20271@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
In-Reply-To: <1039195860.3df0ded41aacd@mail.hacknslash.org>; from octavian@hacknslash.org on Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 09:31:00AM -0800
References:  <1039195860.3df0ded41aacd@mail.hacknslash.org>

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On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 09:31:00AM -0800, Octavian Hornoiu wrote:
> Winbind requires nsswitch to work properly and I know that FreeBSD
> does not support it currently but why is this not a top priority at
> the moment?  I would much rather have nsswitch working than some of
> the minor features introduced in 5.0.  At least, this is my humble
> opinion and I might be asking too much.  Is there a dedicated resource
> working on nsswitch at the current moment or is the project dead?

This is a volunteer project so people work on what they feel like.  At
this moment, I don't think anyone is working on nsswitch.  Apparently,
the set people who think this is a top priority, and the set of people
willing and able (both in skill and time) to actually do the work don't
currently intersect.

You've basicly got two options.  1) Since you're in the first set, you
could do what it takes to join the second set and do the work.  2)
convince someone in the second set the join the first set.  I'm sure
there are plenty of people who would be happy to do the work under
contract if you were willing to pay for it.  You're current approach of
telling everyone that they have screwed up priorities and should do what
you want is not likely to be a successful approach.

-- Brooks

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