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Re: Meta directory?



At 10:01 AM 4/30/01, Pierangelo Masarati wrote:
>I'm finally working on back-ldap to make it point to a pool
>of servers. This will implement a sort of meta-directory, I mean
>a proxy with a unique naming context that dynamically links
>together different servers that represent the "branches" of the
>directory in a transparent manner for the user. We need something
>like this as soon as possible, and we also need all the features 
>that Mark is adding to the devel code and the rewrite stuff I 
>posted some time ago. I'd like to know what's the current state
>of the backend (is anyone developing it at present?) I see that
>none of the recent changes (I mean suffix massage and attribute
>mapping) will make it into 2.0.8. Any plans?

Most of your back-ldap stuff is pending review for commitment
to HEAD and would be targeted for 2.1, not 2.0.8.  2.0.x are
maintenance releases.   Hopefully Mark or Howard or other core
team member will find time to review your various contributions
soon.

Kurt