Howard Guo [01.10.2015 12:53]:
Hello All.
Sorry for a delayed response.
I just spoke with Peter and Peter reaffirms that the 2.3.x openldap client libraries are indeed in-use, but only by SAP products as far as we know.
Due to the super-long life cycle of SAP products, the 2.3.x library cannot yet be removed from openSUSE. But it would be a great idea to totally split 2.3.x source code from openldap2 package.
How do you like this idea?
Kind regards, Howard
Howard, sorry, but who uses openSUSE to host a SAP system? My 13 SAP systems all use a SLES as base. It is stable, and of course I have a support contract for my productive systems and the others are covered with this contract as well. Isn't it possible to create a package like openldap{_client,}_legacy as an optional package for those who need it? Just my 2 ¢ Werner --