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Re: legacy ldap?
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From: Patrick Monnerat via curl-library <curl-library_at_lists.haxx.se>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 13:32:49 +0100
On 12/3/25 1:15 PM, Daniel Stenberg wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Dec 2025, Patrick Monnerat wrote:
>
>> Removal of ldap.c would mean: "use openldap or be 100% compatible or
>> die".
>
> Sure. But if nobody uses it, there are no casualties only winners.
>
> Note though that I do not actually suggest we remove it at this point.
> As a starter, I'm trying to learn if there are anyone who cares.
>
> (So far not a single person has said they do.)
>
Yes: I would like to read some comments from the W$ community, as is it
quite large and targeted by this module: cygwin builds do use openldap,
but W$-native (mingw, vs) do not.
On the other hand, people using curl do not always know how it is built.
This is an idea for a specific question in next curl survey ...
> There are some recently reported and still undisclosed problems with
> the ldap.c code and the general (non-OpenLDAP) LDAP API that I'm
> wrestling with and I try to assess the impact and size of these
> problems. It might affect how we decide to act.
>
If I can help, don't hesitate to ask!
Patrick
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 13:32:49 +0100
On 12/3/25 1:15 PM, Daniel Stenberg wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Dec 2025, Patrick Monnerat wrote:
>
>> Removal of ldap.c would mean: "use openldap or be 100% compatible or
>> die".
>
> Sure. But if nobody uses it, there are no casualties only winners.
>
> Note though that I do not actually suggest we remove it at this point.
> As a starter, I'm trying to learn if there are anyone who cares.
>
> (So far not a single person has said they do.)
>
Yes: I would like to read some comments from the W$ community, as is it
quite large and targeted by this module: cygwin builds do use openldap,
but W$-native (mingw, vs) do not.
On the other hand, people using curl do not always know how it is built.
This is an idea for a specific question in next curl survey ...
> There are some recently reported and still undisclosed problems with
> the ldap.c code and the general (non-OpenLDAP) LDAP API that I'm
> wrestling with and I try to assess the impact and size of these
> problems. It might affect how we decide to act.
>
If I can help, don't hesitate to ask!
Patrick
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