Hi Emanuel, thanbks for all your answers! I am glad to hear, the develoment is not stopped, and I am hoping to see an new release (running on MacOS) soon ;-)
BTW: I was traying subscribing to the users mailing list, but I am receiving constantly errors - can you please offer some advioce how to do this correctly? Or will the announcement of a new version be on a different mailing list? Kind regards, Thorsten Von: Emmanuel Lecharny <[email protected]> Datum: Donnerstag, 16. April 2026 um 13:41 An: [email protected] <[email protected]>; Thorsten Schlößer <[email protected]> Betreff: Re: [Studio] New Release of Apache Directory Studio Hi Thorsten, I stipulated that Java 11 works well with Studio, and even versions higher that 11, *except* that you can't start an embedded LDAP server with any version > 11 :-/ Ad that has to be fixed. On 4/15/26 16:11, Emmanuel Lecharny wrote: > Hi Thorsten, > > > On 4/15/26 09:25, Thorsten Schlößer wrote: >> Dear Team! >> >> Can you please tell me, if there are planes for a new release of >> Apache Directory in the future? > > Yes, definitively. > > >> >> So far I did not find any better software to manage LDAP directories >> by far (especially on MacOS/Linux), but there are some known errors >> which I believe could be fixed. > > Indeed. Typically, if you want to use TLS 1.3, you'd better use > 2.0.0-M16, not the latest (M17). > > >> >> I would even consider paying a license fee, if the development of >> Studio will continue …. > > This was, is and will remain free. If you consider a donation, please > check https://donate.apache.org/. Targeted donation aren't allowed. > > >> >> I found one comment on the internet referring to the fact there are >> dependencies to JAVA 8 wich are blocking further development - is >> this true? > > No, as we already require Java 11 to be used > (https://github.com/apache/directory-studio/blob/master/README.md). > > At some point, we will most certainly move up to a more recent Java > version however. > > > Some more insight: > > Apache Directory Studio depends on two components: > > - Apache Directory Server which also depends on : > > - Apache LDAP API > > Both depend on Apache MINA, which had a big issue (TLS 1.3) that has > been fixed lately (hopefully). But we also have started some big > refactoring in Apache LDAP API so that it can be built with more > recent Java version (namely, it depends on Antlr 2.7 which is not > compatible with java 21 for instance). We are close to be done with > this refactoring, so as soon a LDAP API has been released, we will be > able to release Directory Server then Studio. > > However, it takes time, and we have litlle... > > In any case, you you have difficulties with Studio, do not hesitate to > fill an issue, on : > > * https://github.com/apache/directory-studio/blob/master/README.md > > You will need to create a user, and we will grant it. > > > Thanks! > > >> >> Kind regards >> >> Thorsten >>
