hyc@OpenLDAP.org writes:
Note perlModuleConfig, break in compatibility with older versions
Why? This sounds like it will break existing back-perl installations slightly, but maybe not so thoroughly that the admin realizes why his back-perl now misbehaves.
If we are going to redesign the interface, it might be better do do it more thorougly. E.g. might to let backend perl perl-load foo load foo.pm which defines backend foo, usable with 'database foo'.