diff --git a/ANNOUNCEMENT b/ANNOUNCEMENT new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1843263b56 --- /dev/null +++ b/ANNOUNCEMENT @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ +A N N O U N C E M E N T -- OpenLDAP 2.4 + + The OpenLDAP Project is pleased to announce the availability + of OpenLDAP Software 2.4, a suite of the Lightweight Directory + Access Protocol (v3) servers, clients, utilities, and + development tools. + + This release contains the following major enhancements: + + TBD + + This release includes the following major components: + + * slapd - a stand-alone LDAP directory server + * slurpd - a stand-alone LDAP replication server + * -lldap - a LDAP client library + * -llber - a lightweight BER/DER encoding/decoding library + * LDIF tools - data conversion tools for use with slapd + * LDAP tools - A collection of command line LDAP utilities + * Admin Guide, Manual Pages - associated documentation + * SNACC - ASN.1 development tools for OpenLDAP + + In addition, there are some contributed components: + + * LDAPC++ - a LDAP C++ SDK + * Various slapd modules and slapi plugins + + +ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS + + OpenLDAP Software is developed by the OpenLDAP Project. The + Project consists of a team of volunteers whose use the + Internet to coordinate their activities. The Project is + managed by the OpenLDAP Foundation. + + OpenLDAP Software is derived from University of Michigan LDAP, + release 3.3. + + +AVAILABILITY + + This software is available under the OpenLDAP Public License, + an non-restrictive, "free", open-source license. For download + information is available at: + + http://www.OpenLDAP.org/software/download/ + + +SUPPORT + + OpenLDAP Software is user supported: + + http://www.openldap.org/support/ + + The OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide, which includes quick + start instructions, is available at: + + http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin/ + + The project maintains a FAQ which you may find useful: + + http://www.openldap.org/faq/ + + In addition, there are also a number of discussion lists + related OpenLDAP Software. A list of mailing lists is + available at: + + http://www.OpenLDAP.org/lists/ + + To report bugs, please use project's Issue Tracking System: + + http://www.openldap.org/its/ + + The OpenLDAP home page containing lots of interesting information + and online documentation is available at this URL: + + http://www.OpenLDAP.org/ + + +SUPPORTED PLATFORMS + + This release has been ported to many UNIX (and UNIX-like) + platforms including Darwin, FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD + and most commercial UNIX systems. The release has also been + ported (in part or in whole) to other platforms including + Apple MacOS X, IBM zOS, and Microsoft Windows 2000. + +--- +OpenLDAP is a registered trademark of the OpenLDAP Foundation. + +Copyright 1999-2006 The OpenLDAP Foundation, Redwood City, +California, USA. All Rights Reserved. Permission to copy and +distribute verbatim copies of this document is granted. diff --git a/README b/README index dffefaafe4..f87d9bece9 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,27 +1,79 @@ -OpenLDAP Devel README - This software was obtained from the development branch (HEAD) of - the OpenLDAP Software Repository. This copy is likely already - not current, the development branch changes frequently. These - changes include code implementing experimental features and - unproven bug fixes. Please do NOT redistribute copies of the - development branch. +OpenLDAP 2.4 README + For a description of what this distribution contains, see the + ANNOUNCEMENT file in this directory. For a description of + changes from previous releases, see the CHANGES file in this + directory. - The OpenLDAP Developer's FAQ is available at: - http://www.openldap.org/faq/index.cgi?file=4 + This is 2.4 release, it includes significant changes from prior + releases. - Client developers seeking a suitable development platform - should use "release" or "stable" versions. - http://www.openldap.org/software/ +REQUIRED SOFTWARE + Building OpenLDAP Software requires a number of software packages + to be preinstalled. Additional information regarding prerequisite + software can be found in the OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide. -Contributing + Base system (libraries and tools): + Standard C compiler (required) + Cyrus SASL 2.1.18+ (recommended) + OpenSSL 0.9.7+ (recommended) + POSIX REGEX software (required) - See http://www.openldap.org/devel/contributing.html for how to - contribute code or documentation to OpenLDAP. Use the Issue Tracking - System to submit contributions. - While you are encouraged to coordinate and discuss the development - activities on the openldap-devel@openldap.org mailing list prior - to submission, it is noted that contributions must be submitted - using the Issue Tracking System to be considered. + SLAPD: + BDB and HDB backends require Sleepycat Berkeley DB 4.2 or later + + SLURPD: + LTHREAD compatible thread package + [POSIX threads, Mach Cthreads, select others] + + CLIENTS/CONTRIB ware: + Depends on package. See per package README. + + +MAKING AND INSTALLING THE DISTRIBUTION + Please see the INSTALL file for basic instructions. More + detailed instructions can be found in the OpenLDAP Admnistrator's + Guide (see DOCUMENTATION section). + + +DOCUMENTATION + The OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide is available in the + guide.html file in the doc/guide/admin directory. The + guide and a number of other documents are available at + . + + The distribution also includes manual pages for most programs + and library APIs. See ldap(3) for details. + + The OpenLDAP website is available and contains the latest LDAP + news, releases announcements, pointers to other LDAP resources, + etc.. It is located at . + + The OpenLDAP Software FAQ is available at + . + + +SUPPORT / FEEDBACK / PROBLEM REPORTS / DISCUSSIONS + OpenLDAP Software is user supported. If you have problems, please + review the OpenLDAP FAQ and + archives of the OpenLDAP-software and OpenLDAP-bugs mailing lists + . If you cannot find the answer, + please enquire on the OpenLDAP-software list. + + Issues, such as bug reports, should be reported using our our + Issue Tracking System . Do not + use this system for software enquiries. Please direct these + to an appropriate mailing list. + + +CONTRIBUTING + See for + information regarding how to contribute code or documentation + to the OpenLDAP Project for inclusion in OpenLDAP Software. + While you are encouraged to coordinate and discuss the development + activities on the mailing list + prior to submission, it is noted that contributions must be + submitted using the Issue Tracking System + to be considered. --- $OpenLDAP$ diff --git a/build/version.var b/build/version.var index 5eb1ae9d67..b7b9600bbe 100644 --- a/build/version.var +++ b/build/version.var @@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ ## . ol_package=OpenLDAP ol_major=2 -ol_minor=X +ol_minor=4 ol_patch=X -ol_api_inc=000000 +ol_api_inc=20400 ol_api_current=0 ol_api_revision=0 ol_api_age=0 -ol_release_date="00/00/0000" +ol_release_date="2006/00/00"