docelic@spinlocksolutions.com wrote:
The contrib section does not have usable makefiles (nor the system to create them).
Usually, building a contrib does not require much makefile stuff.
Putting this overlay in contrib, where it would be unmaintained and practically broken right away from the start (due to missing build integration) doesn't make any sense.
It makes sense: if we integrate it in the mainstream source and it breaks because it's unmaintained, then the distribution is broken
People interested in the overlay are able to download it from the maintained location at:
Well, in that case you have to guarantee that the URL remains valid over time. If you put it in contrib/ the OpenLDAP project guarantees (sort of) it remains available. To the average potential user, I guess it's the same level of guarantee :)
p.
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