[python-ldap] Project to support VLV and SSS controls...

Michael Ströder michael at stroeder.com
Sat May 2 18:26:48 CEST 2015


Michael Ströder wrote:
> bdauvergne wrote:
>> Le 2015-04-18 18:58, Michael Ströder a écrit :
>>> Benjamin Dauvergne wrote:
>>>> I started a project to implement VLV and SSL controls[1], it's nearly
>>>> finished. My intentions are to propose it for integration inside
>>>> ldap.controls when it's really finished. My first tests gives strange
>>>> results with OpenLDAP; my understanding of the control fields are wrong
>>>> or OpenLDAP implementation is buged; I'm still not sure for now.
>>>>
>>>> [1]: https://github.com/bdauvergne/python-ldap-vlv
>>>
>>> Sorry, it's been a long time since that.
>>>
>>> I have reviewed your code. With your permission I'd like to add the
>>> request/response control stuff to python-ldap. You have to confirm by
>>> e-mail to this list that you want that and that no 3rd party has any
>>> rights for your code.
>>
>> I want this code to be added to python-ldap and no third party have any right
>> to it.
>>
>> For the SSSVLVPagedLDAPObject I'll try to find time to make another proposal
>> that would be thread safe. Maybe just some example code of using the new
>> controls.
>
> I'd rather prefer to just have a demo script. It's a bit similar like Simple
> Paged Results control's or syncrepl cookie. Mainly the application has to deal
> with that.

Please let me know how to progress with that.

I'd commit the raw request/response control stuff to python-ldap.

What I also need is a license statement that you and your employer don't claim 
rights for the code. Something similar to this:

http://www.openldap.org/devel/contributing.html#notice

Ciao, Michael.


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