[haiku-development] Re: [GSoC] improper name for "Porting SAMBA" task
- From: "Adrien LEMAIRE" <lemaire.adrien@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:26:07 -0400
it's ok, I have submit the 2 applications :)
Thanks a lot for all information
2008/3/31, Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx>:
>
> Hello Adrien,
>
> sorry for the unclear project title and description, that's entirely my
> fault. I guess with what I have written now and what Axel wrote in his
> comment to your application, it is more clear to you that the most helpful
> for Haiku the OS is to have a way to connect to SMB shares of other
> computers as a client. The absolutely best way to do this is by
> implementing a file system add-on for the kernel. If porting the SAMBA
> server code is more interesting to you, then you are of course welcome to
> apply for that instead. This will not decrease your chances of being
> accepted in any way (we welcome any useful contribution)! If you want, you
> could also make two proposals, one for the CIFS implementation and one for
> the SAMBA server port, in case both projects interest you.
>
> Some more notes:
>
> Both BeOS and ZETA had a CIFS. Whenever I needed it, I didn't have so much
> luck with the BeOS version. In certain situations, the ZETA version was
> quite reliable, but it was very picky about the server version. I don't
> know if any of this is available as open source somewhere, maybe others
> can
> provide more insights.
>
> Also, there is a port of the SAMBA server on www.bebits.com. See
> <http://www.bebits.com/app/1577>. It does come with the source code too.
> The point is that Haiku is much more POSIX compliant so some hacks which
> might have been necessary for this port are no longer necessary for Haiku.
> The SAMBA code has probably evolved since that time too (in five years),
> especially with protocol documentation having become available recently it
> must have improved. So I guess it is worthwhile to do a new port of the
> current code base, while using this previous port as a reference perhaps.
>
> Best regards and thanks a lot for your application(s)!
>
> -Stephan
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