Amanda Waite wrote: > > >The best way forward is to get the new OpenLDAP case (and delivery) > >done and then lighttpd can simply import it (and we can revive the APR > >case as well to get APR using OpenLDAP). > > The Interface Taxonomy says: "Sun products should consider Volatile > interfaces as equivalent to Consolidation Private. A contract is > required for use of these interfaces outside of the supplying > consolidation"? Again from the Interface Taxonomy, "Consolidation > Private" requires that "[changes be] coordinated among all providers and > users of the interface", but a contract is only needed for anyone > outside of the consolidation planning on importing the interface. There > is a "Contracted Consolidation Private" which always require a contract, > but that's not in play here. > > This all suggest that as PSARC/2008/507 is integrated into the SFW > consolidation, any other package in SFW can import it's volatile interfaces. > > Ref: http://opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/policies/interface-taxonomy/ > > Wow, I sound like a lawyer :o) > > Anyway that's how I read it.
Yes, you're right on the technicalities ;-) You could choose to go with that route if you wish. Still, because (AFAIK) the new case+integration of OpenLDAP will change the interfaces somewhat, it is probably safer to defer depending on them until that happens (but I hope it can happen in the short term future). (Also, if/when Web Stack components start getting delivered outside of SFW, that wouldn't hold for the existing OpenLDAP which is in SFW.) -- Jyri J. Virkki - jyri.virkki at sun.com - Sun Microsystems
