----- Original Message -----
> On 04 Jul 2011, at 11:11 AM, Joe Orton wrote:
> 
> >> mod_ldap - An LDAP shared memory cache
> >> mod_authnz_ldap - A user of the LDAP shared memory cache
> >>
> >> The LDAP API exposes way more functionality than mod_ldap exposes,
> >> so while you may have fixed the problem for the special case that
> >> is
> >> mod_authnz_ldap, you won't have fixed the problem for any other
> >> module that makes LDAP calls directly.
> >
> > I don't see how this can be the basis of a veto.  You are stating
> > that
> > there exists a problem which this change does not fix; but that
> > problem
> > existed in the status quo ante, and it *was not the problem this
> > change
> > was intended to fix*.
> 
> I have already stated the basis for the veto: every single apparent
> flaw in the apr_ldap code that caused wrowe to remove it from APR is
> still present in the code that wrowe dumped into httpd. If it's not

It is, fortunately, not in httpd's core. It's in mod_ldap.

> good enough for APR, it is not good enough for httpd, period.

As far as we've figured out so far, mod_ldap is the only consumer.
It might not be good enough for APR or httpd, but it's good enough
for mod_ldap.

> APR-util
> contains abstraction libraries for LDAP, SQL, dbm, XML, and crypto,
> and now you want to move one abstraction library to an httpd module?
> What were you thinking?
> 
> The httpd build is broken on virtually every platform, and is still
> broken more than a month later. That alone is grounds for a veto.
> 
> The httpd project will not be held to ransom by a small group of
> people who break the build in an effort to get others to fix it. This
> code is vetoed, remove the code immediately.
> 
> Regards,
> Graham
> --
> 
> 

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