On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 09:09:53AM -0800, Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote:
The "ldap.h" file is specifically for RFC defined interfaces. I discussed
this with Howard, and we thought that the best way to address this issue
would be to rename "ldap_pvt.h" to "openldap.h", to indicate that the
methods found in it are openldap specific. This should resolve the issue
with packagers not packaging the file as well.
With my packager hat on - the main thing that would affect whether I package
the file is not the name, but whether 'make install' installs it into the
public header directory i.e. /usr/include, and whether it's subject to
interface stability guarantees similar to ldap.h.
My understanding was the _pvt interfaces are for internal consumption and
therefore subject to change without notice. I can't really package a header,
if its API/ABI might change in a patch release because some internal slapd or
tool code needed a change.
(API/ABI changes across major releases i.e. 2.4->2.5 would be fine.)
If I misunderstood the semantics and it's not "private interfaces that could
change any time" but rather "OpenLDAP extensions to the LDAP API", then great,
and let's do it :) and the rename would make sense in that case.