On 24-04-2015 17:08, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Ken Moffat wrote: >> At the moment we have two packages in the book which recommend >> OpenLDAP, and in general people who do not build recommended deps >> tend to get told to do so if they have problems. Sometimes a >> recommendation is there because you will have to set other configure >> switches if the package is missing, others because we generally >> follow upstream, and a last batch are to provide useful features. >> >> In this case, OpenLDAP is recommended by libreoffice and kdepimlibs. >> >> For libreoffice, the general note says: Most of these packages are >> recommended because if they're not installed, the build process will >> compile and install its own (often older) version. >> >> That is true, as far as it goes, but I feel bad about recommending >> this package when for many people it will provide nothing useful in >> libreoffice. In this case, I do not see what problems can arise >> from an old version if you are _not_ connecting to an LDAP server ? >> So, I would like to add '(if connecting to an LDAP server)' to this >> one recommendation. > > OK. > >> For kdepimlibs, the situation is slightly different - the package >> builds ok with out it, but cmake mentions that a recommended >> dependency is missing. I suppose that whoever maintains this uses >> OpenLDAP in a commercial system. Again, I would like to add '(if >> connecting to an LDAP server)' to this recommendation. > > OK. > >> I've always been happy to use the shipped version from libreoffice, >> and I've now built the current and previous versions of kdepimlibs >> without OpenLDAP. But on the other hand, I don't use or build any >> of the kdepim programs. >> >> Does anybody have strong feelings either way, or see a potential >> vulnerability flaw, or inadequacy in kdepim, in my suggestion ? > > I have no issues with the proposed changes.
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