Re: (ITS#8584) reloadhint for syncprov overlay should default to TRUE

[hyc@symas.com]

quanah@openldap.org wrote:
> Full_Name: Quanah Gibson-Mount
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> The "reloadhint" option for the syncprov overlay currently defaults to FALSE.
> However, the documentation clearly notes that you want to set it to true for any
> release > 2.3.11.  Given that 2.3 has been obsolete for years and it has been
> over 11 years since the release of 2.3.11, we should really fix the default
> value, and note that it should be changed if and only if there is a consumer
> running 2.3.11 or prior.

The relevant part of the doc is "It must be set TRUE when using the accesslog 
overlay for delta-based syncrepl support." Otherwise it has no effect, so 
there is no reason to change it in the default case.

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