> > Was there ever a decision in "the libcurl thread"? > > No, not yet. > > Personally I'm unconvinced that we should depend on libcurl: if it's > going to use openldap to do LDAP work, then the only good > reason to use libcurl rather than openldap directly is if there's some
> clear use-case for libcurl's other features. Which no one had presented AFAIR. I'm > still willing to be convinced though. I'm almost done with implementing a patch that recognizes LDAP URLs in pg_services.conf and queries an LDAP server for a connection option string. Currently I'm coding against libldap, and I intend to submit the patch that way. If there are loud calls for another library, I think I could adapt the code without much hassle. The only other protocol I can think of that might make sense is HTTP, but I personally have never heard of a web server employed that way. Yours, Laurenz Albe ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq