Created attachment 32706 [details]
capplet source code

Created attachment 32707 [details] [review]
patch to integrate the about-me capplet in the build process

Created attachment 32727 [details]
New glade file with accelerators include

this is the new glade file with accelerators included, several of them have the
same accelerator, for example,in the address tab you can iterate between the
two city labels using accels. I don't know if it is the rigth behaviour
according to the HIG.

I don't know what to do when there is no name set in the GECOS field, should I
add a new entry for the name in the contact Tab? or substitute the label with a
field?

About the ldap/nis/kerberos/whatever integration i don't know what to do without
depending in libuser and depending on it migth not be an option.

I have implemented the instant apply, now the only imoprtant ting left is how to
deal with the user name.

I have thought about three ways of putting the entry to let the user change
his/her name (see attached screenshot), i'll implement whatever you like most.
Other thing will if this should update the GECOS field in the passwd file and
how to update it, because chfn doesn't work as excepted, at least in Debian (in
Debian chfn only changes the GECOS fileds if they are in the passwd file, if
this information is in Keberos, LDAP or other system it is impossible to change
it), an option, as has been suggested, would be to use libuser, but this library
is not distributed with some distros) and it requires new setuid tools (at least
for the local case).

let me know what you think about all this.

Created attachment 33261 [details]
png showing 3 possible options for the user name entry

the capplet is in the CVS now, any reason to keep this bug open ?

Don't think so, closing.