Ian, Stefan,

I've just merged this branch in trunk, so it will be included in v6.1.

After re-testing with a TLS-disabled LDAP server, I changed the default for the 
TLS flag to be off, and updated the module description and tooltips 
accordingly, for two main reasons:
 - When TLS is enabled but not supported by the LDAP server, all login attempts 
silently fail, with the diagnostics for the failure only visible in the server 
logs. This is fine, because end-users shouldn't be exposed to the technical 
reasons for their failed login, but will be a source of issues for users with 
non-TLS LDAP servers. It will for example prevent login for all existing LDAP 
users after an upgrade to 6.1 if they don't have TLS available (as it will be 
enabled automatically).
 - Most of the time the LDAP server is located within a restricted part of a 
company's network, so communication between OpenERP and the LDAP occurs on a 
relatively safe segment, mitigating the risk of not using TLS even when it is 
available.

Based on the above, I think having TLS as opt-in is better than opt-out, at 
least for 6.1. I hope you agree, or at least understand my point of view...

Thanks again for your great work!
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