#780284 nss-pam-ldapd: Descriptions do not explain why to use this over lib{pam, nss}-ldap

#780284#5
Date:
2015-03-11 16:23:34 UTC
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Dear Arthur,

The descriptions of your binary packages do not describe the key
advantage that your modules provide over the "reference"
implementation, which is summarized by one of your users thus:

 <twb> libnss-ldapd is a fresh implementation written by Arthur de
 Jong, which doesn't install TLS and LDAP libraries into every single
 running program

 <twb> Instead [it] loads a shim that talks over a socket to nslcd, a
 dedicated daemon.

He thinks maybe you meant to be modest in your descriptions, but IMO
this would be a silly reason not to mention reasons one might (or
might not) prefer a package over its competitors.

#780284#10
Date:
2015-03-18 20:35:27 UTC
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Control: tags -1 + help

Improvements to the description are more than welcome ;) Some more
information can be found here:
http://arthurdejong.org/nss-pam-ldapd/

Thanks,