[openstack-dev] Plans to converge on one ldap client?

Corey Bryant corey.bryant at canonical.com
Tue May 24 15:55:43 UTC 2016


On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 11:11 AM, Morgan Fainberg <morgan.fainberg at gmail.com
> wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 5:53 AM, Corey Bryant <corey.bryant at canonical.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Are there any plans to converge on one ldap client across projects?  Some
>> projects have moved to ldap3 and others are using pyldap (both are in
>> global requirements).
>>
>> The issue we're running into in Ubuntu is that we can only have one ldap
>> client in Ubuntu main, while the others will live in universe.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Corey
>>
>>
> Out of curiosity, what drives this requirement? pyldap and ldap3 do not
> overlap in namespace and can co-install just fine. This is no different
> than previously having python-ldap and ldap3.
>
> It seems a little arbitrary to say only one of these can be in main, but
> this is why i am asking.
>
>
No problem, thanks for asking.  I agree, it's no different than python-ldap
and ldap3 and it's not a co-installability issue.  This is just a policy
for Ubuntu main.  If we file a Main Inclusion Request (MIR) for a new ldap
client then we'll be asked to work on what's needed to get the other client
package out of main, which consists of patching use of one client for the
other.

-- 
Regards,
Corey
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