Hi Emmanuel, that little problem that I faced today is certainly not worth much attention. I circumvented it by using another tool, it was a one-off operation. And, we ARE moving away from OID :) My intention was to do my part of the bargain and to report a problem so that my favourite tool can become even better.
2008/8/27 Emmanuel Lecharny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Martynas Brijunas wrote: >> >> Hi Alex, >> >> The fact that the DS is used in various environments is a testament to >> the versatility and quality of the code. Take any OS, plug DS into >> Eclipse and you have a first class LDAP browser. I would hate to give >> up DS just because I have to deal with OID. I simply have not found a >> better LDAP tool. >> > > Thanks :) But Alex's feeling is just that, as he founded the Apache > Directory Server 6 years ago, he does not understand why we are killing > ourselves to develop some good quality project for free when some really > wealthy companies like Oracle simply ignore some part of the RFCs... That's > it. Justice for him : it's not funny to have to 'pollute' ADS just because > the others ! >> >> The open source is famous for circumventing various obstacles imposed >> by commercial vendors - Oracle including. >> > > because you can't count on those big companies to have the agility of OSS > developpers :) > > That being said, we totally understand that you have to deal with OID, it's > probably even not your choice, and we will try to find some time to > introduce the OID compatibility, but you have to know that it's not an easy > fix, and it will take time (maybe months) > > Of course, if Oracle want to pay us to develop the fix ASAP, np at all : we > are all reachable through the mailing list ;) > > Hope it helps ! > > -- > -- > cordialement, regards, > Emmanuel Lécharny > www.iktek.com > directory.apache.org > > >
