Thanks for the update!
On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 13:35, Jason Raneses wrote: > Just to let everyone know, I had a conversation with Matt Ryan and another > Novell engineer earlier this week regarding Novell's possible involvement > with the development of the Mono LDAP library and the > System.DirectoryServices implementation. Novell is interested in committing > developer resources to the project, and as we move forward, I'll be sure to > keep everyone updated with how things are shaping out. > > Jason > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Ryan > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 12:33 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Mono-list] Mono LDAP Status > > All, > > I work for Novell's Developer Services organization representing > developer relations between our Linux products and non-Novell engineers. > I would like to see what can be done by Novell to be a better > participant here than what we have been so far. > > If you are interested in a C# LDAP library or are currently working on > one, I would like to specifically know what your interest or involvement > is. My intent would be to try to see if I can figure out how to > coordinate this with the efforts of the eDirectory development team so > we are more open-source friendly than we currently are. > > > > -Matt Ryan > Software Engineer > Linux/ZEN Developer Champion > Worldwide Developer Support > > Novell, Inc., the leading provider of information solutions > http://www.novell.com > > >>> "Jason Raneses" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 9/23/2003 9:55:09 PM >>> > Miguel, all... > > The C# LDAP library aims to provide, at a minimal level, the same > amount of > functionality found in the Mozilla (Netscape) Java LDAP classes. I am > planning to support the synchronous portions in version 1, and the > asynchronous in a later release. My initial thoughts were to write > everything in native C#, however, because of time constraints on a few > of > the projects I am working on that require this library, I chose to go > the > frequently traveled route of wrapping existing unmanaged C libraries, > and at > the same time, solidifying the API, so, at a later time, I can rewrite > each > portion in native C#, without breaking any interfaces. > > My development team and I were not satisfied with Microsoft's > implementation > of the System.DirectoryServices namespace, and did not see the need to > purchase a 3rd party library, thus I began this project on the side > about a > month ago. It can be used with pretty much any C dll based on the > University of Michigan reference code. > > I'd say that the code is not too far off from being good enough to drop > in > CVS. I have to work on some of the thread synchronization a bit more, > and > am still finishing up work on the ldap_modify wrappers. The classes > and > collections that search and iterate directory data are for the most > part > already completed. > > Jason > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Miguel de Icaza > Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 5:51 PM > To: Jason Raneses > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Brady Anderson; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Mono-list] Mono LDAP Status > > Hello, > > > It would be ideal to develop a fully managed provider, but I had an > > immediate need to get at least a subset of the API up and working, > > and the easiest route to go was to wrap the C libraries. My long > > term goal is for the library to not have any unmanaged dependencies > > whatsoever, and I plan on removing them over time by implementing > the > > functionality provided by the C libraries in native C#. > > > > It would be stellar to have the guys from Novell involved in this if > > they are interested. Does anyone have anything concrete on their > > time frame for making a decision to join the development? > > Jason, can you tell us more about your current binding, and whether it > is mature enough to get it on CVS? > > Miguel. > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list > > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list > > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
