On 10/2/08, Ryan Steele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Volker Lendecke wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:14:01AM -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > > > > > > > This is, AFAIK, the only solution currently. We do the > > > same thing. It stinks. > > > > > > > > > > As I said in the former mail thread: Patches are welcome. If > > you really want it done quickly, some companies on > > http://samba.org/samba/support also offer development > > services. > > > > Volker > > > > > Unfortunately, I suspect that many of the folks who probably want this done > are system administrators, not software developers. As a systems > administrator, I do have the ability to write code, but all I really use in > my day-to-day life is Perl and Bash, maybe dabbling in some Python or Ruby. > As Samba is written primarily in C, I probably wouldn't write very good > patches for it - I find that my proficiency lies in the languages I actually > use now, not the ones I used during undergrad in college. And while I'd > love just dump money in to the project (or have an employer do it), that's > just not always a reality (especially not the amounts needed to fund > development efforts). > > All that being said, I'd be curious to know where this lies in the current > development pipeline (if at all). Again, I (and I believe the community) > think this would be very beneficial to Samba as a use and marketing tool, > and deserves some consideration. I'm happy to do what I can - testing, > tracking down bugs (even if I can't submit working patches), and money when > I have it. But mostly I rely on good developers to develop, so that I can > focus on my role in the chain - testing it and implementing it in real-world > situations, and promoting it by installing it in all applicable > environments. > > However, it can't be overstated how much I appreciate the work that has > been done up to this point on Samba - it's a fantastic piece of software. > Keep up the good work!
Do we have any paper explaining the work that have to be done ? Or early patches (proof of concept) that could be used as starting point for this ? -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba