Re: ITS#6055

[masarati@aero.polimi.it]

> masarati@aero.polimi.it wrote:
>>> My only concern is that it be maintained, so that the OpenLDAP backend
>>> can be a supported part of Samba4 into the long term.  (I know it's not
>>> been in good shape for the past while, but there is hope we can get it
>>> back on track).
>>>
>>> Do contrib modules come with this level of maintenance?
>>
>> Inherently no, because they would not be configured/built along with the
>> rest of the package.  Of course, as soon as users (possibly including
>> myself) notice issues, they would be maintained (see for example nssov).
>>
>> The most straightforward way of having it routinely built is to place it
>> in slapd/overlays/; I guess this needs consensus from the rest of the
>> team.  I'd vote in favor; please holler.
>
> I think contrib is the right place for now. It seems to me that the
> requirements here are still a moving target, so it's better in contrib.
> (Contrib items are free to add new features independent of the rest of the
> release cycle. Items in the main slapd/overlays are more constrained to
> bugfixes-only within a release cycle.)

Fair enough.  I've started committing stuff to contrib/slapd-modules/samba4

p.