On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 3:35 AM, Howard Chu <[email protected]> wrote: > Brett @Google wrote: > >> Zytrax might fail with regard to accuracy in specific details as it seems >> to >> be infrequently updated (last August 2010, before that July 2009), but >> taken >> asis it gets people going such that they can at least get a server >> running, >> then they can then start to learn by actively using openldap. The zytrax >> guide >> itself is open source, so the other alternative is to help improve it's >> accuracy ? >> > > Wow, talk about putting the cart before the horse. Last time I checked, the > OpenLDAP documentation was also open source. If anyone sincerely wants to > improve the docs and make things easier for new users to get off the ground, > while getting their edits vetted by people who actually understand how the > code works, the obvious (to me anyway) thing to do is to submit updates in > the ITS. >
I was talking about the NEED for such a document, not talking about who authored / would author it. My point (perhaps unclear) was that openldap should have such a document, or at least not 'dis those who try.. > The Zytrax guys are clearly just out to make a buck, lifting the OpenLDAP > Admin Guide content and putting a thin layer of "personal experience" around > it. They're not contributing back to the OpenLDAP community; they're not > participating in the community at all, and the info they're distributing is > (as noted) already outdated. > > Such a openldap guide might least serve a purpose, more for newbies as >> supposed to the old salts, in that it could reduce chatter regards to >> getting >> a server compiled/running/loaded etc., in the first place, but call me an >> optimist. >> > > If you really believe that helping a 3rd party keep their obsolete > plagiarism of the OpenLDAP Project's work up to date is a good idea, > "optimist" is not the word I'd use for you. > My reference to being an optimist was thinking that the openldap project might by itself create such a guide. Being an open source project i'm sure there is plenty of other work needing to be done, besides creating such a guide. I am happy enough to have a go at such a guide, but a poet i am not. What is the preferred document format ? Cheers Brett
