Christian Haugan Toldnes <[email protected]> writes: > Howard Chu wrote: >> Laurence Field wrote: >>> Laurence Field wrote: [...] >> >> And now you know why (a) we recommend never using slapd as built by your >> distro vendor (particularly Red Hat and its derivatives) and (b) we always >> recommend using the most current code. > > As this seems to be the one and only, always true answer, which covers > all common openldap server scenarios, I can't help but wonder: > > Why are there no pre-built, openldap-crew-certified, latest stable > version, auto-updateable packages made available for most common server > distros, including RHEL, CentOS, SLES, Ubuntu LTS and Debian Stable? > > When software are provided in source form only, the burden of > pre-compilation configuration, compilation and quality assurance are > placed on the user, which in most cases are less qualified, less > informed, and less able to keep up to date with the work. Even more > important, the risk of human error are multiplied by the number of users > that accept this burden. > > The combination of only releasing the software in source form, frequent > development in the stable branch (too early too frequent), and > continuously stating that vendor provided binary packages should NOT be > used, places this software project way down on the list of software we > want to include in a production environment, I am sorry to say. Sorry > both because the alternatives are still quite expensive, and because > openldap is what we currently use on our rather large and critical LDAP > cluster. > > This LDAP implementation has the potential to be on the very top of the > list. But right now, it's found wanting. > > I'm quite sure that we are not the only organization willing to pay good > money for support contracts that includes up to date packages for our > server distributions at any time. Feel free to cash in! :)
In fact there are prebuild packages available for a few Linux distributions: http://staff.telkomsa.net/packages/rhel5Server/openldap/ http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/network:/ldap:/OpenLDAP:/ http://www.symas.com/cds.shtml Professional support you may get from specialised consultants all over the world and from selected Linux distributors. -Dieter -- Dieter Klünter | Systemberatung http://dkluenter.de GPG Key ID:8EF7B6C6 53°37'09,95"N 10°08'02,42"E
