Re: new release?

Quoting Mike Jackson <[email protected]>:
> Hi,
>   I would like to ask for a new release. I submitted a patch a few days ago,
> which fixes an
> important problem regarding protocol version binding.
>
>   LDAP API specifies that libraries default to LDAPv2 connections, and that
> you have to explicitly
> set LDAPv3 if you want it.
>
>   The bug in directory administrator was with the setting of this option to
> make an LDAPv3
> connection. It was not correctly placed, and also not correctly written. For
> those two reasons, it
> did not work. Directory administrator is currently only capable of making
> LDAPv2 connections, which
> most - but not all LDAP servers allow.
>
>   With those two bugs, directory administrator can not connect to recent
> versions of OpenLDAP,
> which disable LDAPv2 connections by default. This is what happened to me the
> very first time I
> tried to use this software. I wrote a patch in 10 minutes, and had it
> working. But I'm an LDAP
> expert, and I know what I'm looking for. Others will just wonder why the
> software doesn't work.
>
>   I could submit some other patches as well, if the project is still in an
> "active" state. It seems
> like too good of a software to just let it rot away in an unmaintained state.
>
>   BTW: GQ is looking for a new maintainer. What is the status with directory
> administrator?
>
> BR,
> Mike

It's still active, but looking for people to submit patches (which some have
done) and me to find some time to apply, test, and release the patches people
have submitted. The best way to get this done is to keep bugging me and
submitting patches. :) I have two business plans do this week, but next week (I
hope) should be fairly stress-free.

-sandalle

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