Henri Yandell commented:
> On Fri, 8 Aug 2003, Noel J. Bergman wrote:
> > > 2nd. Develop, or otherwise obtain, a fow blown Java-based directory
> > > system that supports the JNDI LDAP and RMI bindings.
> > It already exists and wants to come to Apache. ldapd.sourceforge.net.
I've
> > spoken to the team leader on and off for months. Myself, and I believe
some
> > of the Avalon guys, are willing to co-sponsor its entry to Apache. I
don't
> > know if people plan to bring in such things as sub-projects of
Geronimo's
> > incubation, or as separate incubator projects, but that'll be a question
for
> > elsewhere. I just want to make everyone aware of the project, which
already
> > has substantial code, and an existing community trying to follow ASF
rules.
> It seems like a potential perfect fit for 2. We'll still need a
> JNDI-wrapping layer I presume as ldapd is the LDAP spec and not JNDI.
They already have the whole thing integrated with JNDI. Also, Alex and I
have talked about their providing their data store backends as direct
service providers for JNDI, liberated from the LDAP naming space, and he's
interested.
--- Noel
