Re: Willing to help

2016-01-27 Thread lists
Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:51:09 -0600 Adam Thompson > On 16-01-26 10:32 AM, Peter Hessler wrote: > > On 2016 Jan 26 (Tue) at 08:13:22 -0600 (-0600), Edgar Pettijohn wrote: > > :> * adduser(8)/useradd(8): > > :> Needs to be unified into one single > > > > One binary, with

Re: Willing to help

2016-01-26 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Hi, ropers wrote on Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 05:10:35AM +0100: > On 26 January 2016 at 00:37, Rodrigo Mosconi wrote: >> Ingo Schwarze wrote: >>> * ftp(8) is very old and suffering from bitrot; the last attempt to >>>rewrite it trickled out with no obvious conclusion, i don't >>>exactly

Re: Willing to help

2016-01-26 Thread Edgar Pettijohn
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 25, 2016, at 4:42 PM, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > > Hi Rodrigo, > > redirected to misc@, this is off-topic on tech@. > > Rodrigo Mosconi wrote on Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 06:54:32PM -0200: > >> I would like to receive some help/mentoring. I`m cursing a

Re: Willing to help

2016-01-26 Thread Mike Burns
On 2016-01-26 08.13.22 -0600, Edgar Pettijohn wrote: > > * adduser(8)/useradd(8): > > Needs to be unified into one single > > This seems like a project that would end in arguments over which to > consolidate to. > > "Adduser is better", no "useradd is better" I assume that whoever actually

Re: Willing to help

2016-01-26 Thread Peter Hessler
On 2016 Jan 26 (Tue) at 08:13:22 -0600 (-0600), Edgar Pettijohn wrote: :> * adduser(8)/useradd(8): :> Needs to be unified into one single : :This seems like a project that would end in arguments over which to :consolidate to. : :"Adduser is better", no "useradd is better" : One binary, with

Re: Willing to help

2016-01-26 Thread Adam Thompson
On 16-01-26 10:32 AM, Peter Hessler wrote: On 2016 Jan 26 (Tue) at 08:13:22 -0600 (-0600), Edgar Pettijohn wrote: :> * adduser(8)/useradd(8): :> Needs to be unified into one single One binary, with symlinks. Both methods should still work, however. $0.02: s/sym/hard /g might satisfy

Re: Willing to help

2016-01-25 Thread ropers
On 26 January 2016 at 00:37, Rodrigo Mosconi wrote: > * ftp(8) is very old and suffering from bitrot; the last attempt to > >rewrite it trickled out with no obvious conclusion, i don't > >exactly know why. > > > > ftp client or ftp server? > That must be a typo. There is no ftp(8), but

Re: Willing to help

2016-01-25 Thread Rodrigo Mosconi
2016-01-25 20:42 GMT-02:00 Ingo Schwarze : > Hi Rodrigo, > > redirected to misc@, this is off-topic on tech@. > OK, my fault > > Rodrigo Mosconi wrote on Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 06:54:32PM -0200: > > > I would like to receive some help/mentoring. I`m cursing a master degree > >

Re: Willing to help

2016-01-25 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Hi Rodrigo, redirected to misc@, this is off-topic on tech@. Rodrigo Mosconi wrote on Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 06:54:32PM -0200: > I would like to receive some help/mentoring. I`m cursing a master degree > course at PUC-Rio, and I need to "create a useful program that performs a > service of

Re: Willing to help

2016-01-25 Thread Chris Bennett
On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 11:42:37PM +0100, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > * lpd(8)/lpc(8)/lpr(1) is very old and suffering from bitrot. I do use lpd system. It works, but is clunky and sometimes frustrating to get everything working for a new printer, local or network. It also totally fails on some print

Re: Willing to help

2016-01-25 Thread lists
Mon, 25 Jan 2016 23:42:37 +0100 Ingo Schwarze > Some GSOC projects may still be relevant, but one has to admit that > it is rare that GSOC projects produce code that actually gets > committed. Even among those that succeeded, only a minority produced > code good enough to