Emmanuel Dreyfus wrote: >> I'd see this overlay more appropriate for contrib/slapd-modules right >> now, until its functionality is considered of general usefulness, which >> doesn't seem to be the case right now. > > Do you think an overlay in the contrib directory could have its --enable > flag in top level configure? > > My feeling about the contrib directory is that it is some kind of evil > swamp where things are much more difficult to automatically build for > inclusion in a package.
It is :). However, I think only generally useful things should go into mainstream. As such, I remember some overlays moving from overlays/ to slapd-modules/ and others moving the other way, based on their generality and usefulness. For example, smbk5pwd should be in overlays/, given its usefulness, but it is probably not general enough. Yours is general (i.e. not tied to a specific architecture or interoperation issue), but probably of limited usefulness (how many users would actually need it?). That's my opinion, of course. I suggest you start from contrib/ and then we'll vote for moving it to overlays/. p. Ing. Pierangelo Masarati OpenLDAP Core Team SysNet s.r.l. via Dossi, 8 - 27100 Pavia - ITALIA http://www.sys-net.it ----------------------------------- Office: +39 02 23998309 Mobile: +39 333 4963172 Fax: +39 0382 476497 Email: [email protected] -----------------------------------
