HI! Given that Python 3.0 makes good progress it's worth to think about how to provide a LDAP module for Python 3.0.
Glancing over PEP 3000 it's pretty obvious that python-ldap could be changed more than just adding a few compability patches needed for 2.5 or 2.6 since Python 3.0 seems to be a pretty different thing and applications also won't run without significant changes. So I'm currently thinking about whether it's worth to take 3.0 as a trigger to completely rewrite python-ldap probably leading to an incompatible module API. Some ideas: - move away from SourceForge - new SVN-based repository - wrap libldap (and libber?) with built-in ctypes - compability layers for mozldap, OpenLDAP and winldap? - partial rewrite of ldap.schema with some API changes - class library for LDAP syntaxes and matching rules - Unicode support maybe with schema-aware LDAP operations Definitely volunteers are needed for the ctypes parts! Let me know what *you* like to see in python-ldap 3.0. Ciao, Michael. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Python-LDAP-dev mailing list Python-LDAP-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/python-ldap-dev
