https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8618

--- Comment #26 from Quanah Gibson-Mount quanah@openldap.org --- (In reply to jel+git from comment #23)

1. If one decides to drop an option, it should be a) communicated clearly. b) documented and alternatives shown

Hello,

The options were *clearly* marked as deprecated for the last 24 years in the man pages for the ldap client utilities. It appears whomever wrote the scripts in question chose to ignore this clearly documented deprecation of the options and used them anyway. Additionally, this was clearly documented in the UPGRADE section of the Admin guide.

In other words, this change has been clearly communicated for years, and well documented. Perhaps in the future it would be wise to read the supplied upgrade documentation prior to performing an upgrade of software and to pay attention to deprecation notices in the software documentation instead of attacking a volunteer powered open source software project.

Regards, Quanah