On Monday 19 November 2001 01:54 pm, Ken Murchison wrote:
> Cyrus users,
>
> We are getting close to releasing Cyrus v2.1 (yeah, I know I've said
> this a bunch of times already) and we are leaning towards making it
> dependent on SASL v2. We would like to do this for a number of
> reasons:
>
> 1. Take advantage of the benefits of SASL v2 (improvements in memory
> management, support for additional plugin types, simplified database
> support, and improved error reporting).
>
> 2. Take the lead in SASLv2 migration. Hopefully Sendmail, OpenLDAP,
> etc would soon follow.
>
> 3. SASL v2 and v1.5.x can peacefully co-exist on the same system.
> I've been running Sendmail 8.12.1/SASL 1.5.24 and Cyrus 2.1 CVS/SASL
> 2.0.4 CVS for weeks without any problems.
>
> 4. We would no longer have to maintain two Cyrus v2.1 source branches
> (developer benefit).
>
> 5. It WILL happen eventually, so why not now?
Regarding #2: as a user on Red Hat, I really would prefer to have the
distributions "take the lead". I like convenience that binary RPMs
bring, but dislike having multiple package revisions installed, with
all the potential dependency headaches. Cyrus-IMAP is a pretty complex
piece of software to begin with, and I would prefer to limit the number
of additional packages that I would have to install along with it
("don't rock the boat").
You have sketched out benefits largely from a developer's perspective.
What benefits would a user see from installing SASL2?
Chris
