Re: OpenLDAP version for new server

[Quanah Gibson-Mount <quanah@stanford.edu>]

--On Saturday, November 26, 2005 12:43 PM -0500 Brian Reichert 
<reichert@numachi.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 26, 2005 at 09:00:08AM -0800, Kurt D. Zeilenga wrote:
> > >
> > > Now _I'm_ confused.  The download page no longer relects that 2.2.30 is
> > > available; it was yesterday.
> >
> > The implication is that 2.2.30 is one of the "Other OpenLDAP Releases".
> > In particular that its a patch release made to update an older release
> > of OpenLDAP Software.
>
> Ok. that makes sense.  I suppose my confusion sets the stage for my next
> question:
>
> What is the relationship between the 2.2.x and the 2.3.x releases?
>
> Up until yesterday, they seemed to be in lockstep, but I never found a
> concise treatment of what was different between them.
>
> I assume this has come up on the mailing lists before, but I couldn't find
> the right buzzwords to zero in on a discussion.  Can you suggest any
> pointers?

Did you read the OpenLDAP roadmap?  This usually lists general differences 
between the various releases.

Here's some off the top of my head:

Greater stability
New cn=config backend
Complete rewrite of the syncRepl protocol
Addition of delta-syncrepl
Many new overlays
Increased speed
-q (quick) option to the slap tools


--Quanah


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Quanah Gibson-Mount
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