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Re: slapd.conf vs slapd.d in the docs



----- "Howard Chu" <hyc@symas.com> wrote:

> Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote:
> > --On Monday, January 12, 2009 9:14 AM +0000 Gavin Henry
> > <ghenry@OpenLDAP.org>  wrote:
> >
> >> OK, thanks. Dev team thoughts?
> >
> > I found the doc examples using the LDIF format quite useful when
> > transitioning from the *.conf format to the config format,
> regardless of
> > the ability to take a slapd.conf and translate it to LDIF.  People
> who are
> > starting fresh may never need/desire to have a *.conf file.
> 
> Along those lines ... we've set a policy that all new code (backends,
> 
> overlays) must support cn=config. I think it makes sense to use the
> same 
> policy for all newly written documentation. slapd.conf is obsolete.

Right, done.

Thanks all.

-- 
Kind Regards,

Gavin Henry.
OpenLDAP Engineering Team.

E ghenry@OpenLDAP.org

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