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From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] OpenLDAP 2.3.x removal on October 27, migrate to 2.4.x
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 21:22:54
Message-Id: robbat2-20141013T211439-355061080Z@orbis-terrarum.net
1 For compatibility and migration support, we've kept the old OpenLDAP
2 2.3.x ebuilds in the tree for nearly 5 years.
3
4 OpenLDAP-2.4.x first went to stable 2009/11/04.
5 package.mask has blocked <net-nds/openldap-2.4.35 since 2014/03/20.
6
7 I think the time has come to fully remove 2.3.x series, and the older
8 masked 2.4.x builds, so I strongly encourage everybody to move.
9
10 The ebuild includes upgrade instructions, as in most major version
11 upgrades you need to dump+restore the database (both OpenLDAP major
12 versions, as well as changing backends or sys-lib/db major versions).
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14 Since it's been in package.mask for 6 months without reported bugs
15 complaining about this, I'm not going to announce it via a news item
16 unless there are strong demands to.
17
18 --
19 Robin Hugh Johnson
20 Gentoo Linux: Developer, Infrastructure Lead
21 E-Mail : robbat2@g.o
22 GnuPG FP : 11ACBA4F 4778E3F6 E4EDF38E B27B944E 34884E85

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