Developers of Sympa

[Joe Vieira <address@concealed>]

yea, i'm messing with it today, but i'll send out what i'm working on in 
a bit.

Joe

address@concealed wrote:
> I do not know if this will modify the LDAP information -- I don't even know if 
> &admin::update_list is the proper function to call for this. :)
>
> I will try to take a look at this soon.  Any chance of sharing your existing 
> code somewhere?
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 05:46:30PM -0400, Joe Vieira wrote:
>   
> > Thanks!
> >
> > I am also making a few changes to support administrative functions, for
> > import from our old list server, and for automation from our automated
> > systems.
> > Yes, i am modifying sympasoap.pm, i've already modified the WSDL and
> > created a few of the other functions i need, everything else is working
> > fine just getting the actual list to save the changes has been annoying.
> > &admin::update_list okay, i'll give that function a shot! thanks a ton
> > for your help!
> >
> > do you know if &admin::update_list can modify any of the LDAP include
> > stuff? i am assuming it can't because it's in the admin module...so a
> > point in the right direction there would be helpful also =).
> >
> > Joe
> >
> >
> > address@concealed wrote:
> >     
> > > On-Hand, I do not have the code.  I made a bunch of hacks to sympasoap to
> > > support administrative functions -- this was done so that Sympa could be
> > > integrated into a social-networking application for election activists in
> > > 2004.  Very quick & dirty work that I decided not to fold back into the
> > > Sympa tree because I thought it was a bit shabby (much regret about that
> > > now).  If you really want it, I will ask the other developers to see if
> > > they have a copy of the code laying around in their repositories.
> > >
> > > For the meantime -- What code are you changing?  sympasoap.pm?
> > >
> > > Adding new functions to sympasoap.pm was pretty simple-  I started by
> > > refactoring the equivalent code inside of wwsympa.fcgi or sympa.pl. --
> > >
> > > In this case however, I would use &admin::update_list and try something
> > > like this:
> > >
> > > ## open the list
> > > my $list = new List($list_name,$robot_name);
> > >
> > > ## Setup the parameters for the list (see List.pm)
> > > my $parameters;
> > > $parameters{'subject'} = "New subject for this list";
> > > ... ## etc.. etc..
> > >
> > > ## Specify the list owner
> > > my %owner;
> > > $owner{'email'} = "address@concealed";
> > > $owner{'gecos'} = "epsas nova";
> > >
> > > push @{$parameters->{'owner'}}, \%owner;
> > >
> > > my $result = &admin::update_list($list, $parameters);
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 04:18:33PM -0400, Joe Vieira wrote:
> > >
> > >       
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Do you have your code still? because it clearly wasn't included in the
> > > > program. if you still have it i would be more than happy to look at it
> > > > and try to get it working in the current version of sympa. even if i can
> > > > just use it as a guide to show me how to save the damn list config (all
> > > > my other code works fine, i just can't SAVE it.. lol )
> > > >
> > > > Joe
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > address@concealed wrote:
> > > >
> > > >         
> > > > > Hi Joe,
> > > > >
> > > > > I will try and take a look at this.  I remember extending sympasoap to
> > > > > support this... 4 years ago.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 01:24:59PM -0400, Joe Vieira wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >           
> > > > > > Still no responses on this does anybody have ANY ideas at all?  is there
> > > > > > a better way to contact people who do devel work on sympa?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > stepping thru almost everything in the perl debugger it looks like the
> > > > > > problem (maybe) is that i am getting to this line in List.pm
> > > > > >
> > > > > > line9835 $fd->print(sprintf "%s %s\n\n", $key, $p)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > $key = 'owner'
> > > > > > $p = my hash
> > > > > > DB<23> x $p
> > > > > > 0  HASH(0x9fcf0e4)
> > > > > > 'date' => 1207673686
> > > > > > 'dom' => 'ude.ukralc@'
> > > > > > 'email' => 'address@concealed'
> > > > > > 'gecos' => 'joe vieira'
> > > > > > 'id' => undef
> > > > > > 'included' => 0
> > > > > > 'info' => undef
> > > > > > 'profile' => 'normal'
> > > > > > 'reception' => 'mail'
> > > > > > 'subscribed' => 1
> > > > > > 'update_date' => 1207673686
> > > > > > 'visibility' => 'conceal'
> > > > > >
> > > > > > DB<24> x sprintf "%s %s\n\n", $key, $p
> > > > > > 0  'owner HASH(0x9fcf0e4)'  so this is obviously where i am messed up.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > My only thinking at this point is that i should be getting into the on
> > > > > > line 9797 elsif (ref($::pinfo{$key}{'file_format'}))
> > > > > >
> > > > > > but i'm not because owner doesn't have file_format set in it's pinfo.
> > > > > > so i'm at a loss... any help would be awesome.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Joe
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Joe Vieira wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >             
> > > > > > > Hi everyone,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  So I am looking at extending the SOAP interface to allow edits of
> > > > > > > owners / and editors.
> > > > > > > let me know if i am doing this correctly, or if i am doing something
> > > > > > > totally stupid please..
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > basically..
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > my $list = new List('$ListQuery',"$robot");
> > > > > > > $newOwner = "address@concealed";
> > > > > > > my @owner = $list->get_owners();
> > > > > > > $owner[0]->[0]->{'email'} = $newOwner;
> > > > > > > $list->{'admin'}->{'owner'}[0] = $owner[0][0];
> > > > > > > $list->save_config($sender);
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > now, the result of that code is
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > owner HASH(memorylocation)  in the config file
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > the same thing occurs if i do:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > my $list = new List('$ListQuery',"$robot");
> > > > > > > $list->save_config($sender);
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > So, my question: Is am I doing this wrong, what am i doing stupidly,
> > > > > > > AND
> > > > > > > how would you recommend for me to save the new owner?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Joe Vieira
> > > > > > > UNIX Systems Administrator
> > > > > > > Clark University - ITS
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