title: OpenLDAP 2.2 STABLE link: https://onemoretech.wordpress.com/2004/07/13/openldap-22-stable/ author: lembobro description: post_id: 769 created: 2004/07/13 20:55:00 created_gmt: 2004/07/13 20:55:00 comment_status: open post_name: openldap-22-stable status: publish post_type: post

OpenLDAP 2.2 STABLE

OpenLDAP version 2.2 has gone STABLE!

While I’ve been running it for a few months, its finally good to be able to recommend it for production use. Among the features it now offers to OpenLDAP users for the first time are LDAP Sync and Simple Paged Results Control.

Still missing are Server Side Sort and Multi-Master replication, but the project leads continue to insist that this is A Good Thing ™. Being in the midst of moving my own app dev people away from SSS, I wholeheartedly agree on the former. Why should I give up precious RAM and CPU cycles so the app server will look faster than it really is? MMR is another thing, but so far I am inclined to the view that it is not a critical feature, and that finite developer time would be more effectively used in other areas for now. Microsoft and Novell marketing have been beating Sun up for years on this, but like so many other “value-adds” from closed-source vendors, it really is something we can mostly do without.

LDAP Sync is another matter. While implemented in 2.2 as a way for consumer directories to “pull” updates from suppliers, it has the potential for allowing syncrhonization between directories of different vendors — something that has up to now been impossible. It also invites the possibility of client-side synchronization by mail clients and PDAs. ELDAPO is pleased.

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