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All the things that I have done
nss_modules and libc separation
Status: done. The description is here: NsswitchModulesSeparation. Patch for CURRENT is avaialable here: [http://www.rsu.ru/~bushman/soc2006/nss_libc_sep_2.diff Patch]
NOTE: should be applied with patch -p0 -E
Regression tests for nsswitch-related functions
Status: done. The description is here: NsswitchRegressionDetails. Original ideas are here: NsswitchRegressionDescription. Patch is here: [http://www.rsu.ru/~bushman/soc2006/regression.diff Patch].
Nss_ldap from-scratch-rewriting
Status: done, but there are a lot of things, that are to be done after the SoC ends. The description is here: NssLdapRewritten.
Patch to include nss_ldap (rewritten version) into the base
Status: done. Patch is here: [http://www.rsu.ru/~bushman/soc2006/openldap_merged.diff Patch].
Cached performance optimization
Status: done, but requires further work. Details are here: CachedPerformance. Patch with optimization changes and several minor changes is here: [http://www.rsu.ru/~bushman/soc2006/cached.diff Patch]. This latest cached version can be used to handle IANA services list.
TODO list
- Finish the auto-cache-update feature for precached entries. Play with cached socket IO architecture for its further optimization.
- Improve nss_ldap to properly support rfc2307bis and to be fully equal in abilities with PADL's nss_ldap.
- Import or implement pam_ldap.