Apache and APR-Util Using OpenLDAP [LSARC/2009/123]

[Edward Hunter]

James,
  Do you want the ARC to raise the LDAP direction issue or do you think 
that the project team needs to deal with that?  Certainly, the chair 
could send a note to the appropriate management.
-edh


On 02/25/09 06:59, James Carlson wrote:
> Jyri Virkki writes:
>   
>> James Carlson wrote:
>>     
>>> On the grounds that there's a distinct lack of system architecture
>>> here that would allow the project team to make an informed choice (and
>>> allow the ARC to evaluate that choice), and thus this project is
>>> certainly not "obvious," I ask that either the LSARC chair grant me
>>> temporary standing here so that I can derail, or that (alternatively)
>>> an active LSARC member speak up to pull that lever.
>>>       
>> Note most of this discussion has been happening in the wrong thread,
>> 2009/123 is the case which switches APR to OpenLDAP. This case,
>> 2009/124 is merely a consequence (what Apache does, PHP must do).
>>     
>
> Indeed; thanks for the correction.  I've updated the subject line to
> match.
>
>   
>>> At a minimum, we need to have a written opinion noting that LDAP is a
>>> fundamental system service, and that building it atop a foundation of
>>> sand is a very bad idea.
>>>       
>> To keep some perspective, what Sun calls volatile sand is what all of
>> these 3rd party applications build their ldap support on and their sky
>> isn't falling from what I'm told.
>>     
>
> In that case, "Volatile" might not be the right classification after
> all.
>
> In any event, that's a trivial matter compared to the lack of
> direction regarding LDAP on Solaris.  *That* issue needs to be raised,
> regardless of the stability attributed to OpenLDAP.
>
>