[Pkg-openldap-devel] RFC: introducing slapd-contrib binary package

[Steve Langasek]

On Tue, May 06, 2014 at 08:31:55AM -0700, Ryan Tandy wrote:
> On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 10:21 PM, Steve Langasek <vorlon at debian.org> wrote:
> > On Sun, May 04, 2014 at 09:31:50PM -0700, Ryan Tandy wrote:
> >> Assuming such a package were to be added, should smbk5pwd become part of
> >> it, or remain in its own package? How about other contrib modules that
> >> bring additional Depends? (pw-radius, ??)

> > Well, bug #358829 is about packaging a library; that certainly doesn't seem
> > like it should go in a package with all of the others.

> Good point. That's doubly a separate project then, as I haven't tried
> packaging a library before. And besides that bug is awfully quiet...
> For now I'm talking principally about contrib/slapd-modules/*.

> > I don't have any strong opinion on whether contrib plugins should go in one
> > package or several.  You could start with a single package and see if anyone
> > complains about the extra dependencies.  In that case, maybe it makes sense
> > to keep smbk5pwd separate, at least initially.

> As long as you're OK with the basic idea of adding a new binary
> package, this all makes sense to me.

> One other question, about upgrades. I had intended for slapd to
> Suggest the new package and not pull it in by default. But if
> autogroup and nssov are to move from slapd, then I guess slapd needs
> Recommends or Depends on the new one in order to transition users of
> those modules? Maybe I should leave those where they are and start
> just with the modules that aren't currently packaged.

> Thanks for the feedback!

Anything that's already part of the slapd package, I would just leave where
it is; there's no sense introducing upgrade concerns for our users (in
either direction).

Cheers,
-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
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slangasek at ubuntu.com                                     vorlon at debian.org
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