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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: Fwd: [Aegypten] plan: LDAP support via new kioslave!
From:       Darrell Esau <Darrell () Sun ! COM>
Date:       2001-10-31 21:33:14
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Hello all,

Sorry for the belated reply.

I'm neither an OpenLDAP or kioslave expert, but this design looks good to me.

Marko, have you begun any work on the kioslave?

I've started tinkering just for learning sake, but haven't done anything 
concrete yet.

I'm a bit unclear on who will be working on what.  Will Aegypten be writing 
the shared LDAP Module?

-d

On Monday 29 October 2001 07:42 am, Karl-Heinz Zimmer wrote:
> [ Hi all,
>   this goes CC to the KMail list, please join our discussion
>   if you want to participate... ]
>
> Hi Marko and Darrel!
>
> Thanks again for your patience - it's been quite a bit longer that I had
> intended to let you wait for my reply...
>
> As you see in our new design plan for LDAP access (see below) we actually
> managed to find a way how to use the new LDAP kioslave without having to
> re-implement tons of code for mutt support (which is our 2nd goal and comes
> right after KMail support).
>
> Now there are several issues where you could help me see things clearer:
>
> *  What do we have to do to make sure the planned usage of OpenLDAP
>    _without_ having OpneLDAP use the socket will work?
>
>    The reason for this: We (== the LDAP kioslave) want to access
>    the LDAP servers ourselfev - using the TCPSlaveBase class because
>    when doing so the LDAP kioslave will gain all the common benefits
>    of the TCPSlaveBase (e.g. KDE-wide configuration for SSL ...)
>
> *  Which parts of the new LDAP kioslave will be KDE independent and
>    thus could/should be implemented in our separate "shared LDAP Module"?
>
>    The reason for this: The more code we have in the shared LDAP module
>    the easier it is for us to realize our mutt LDAP access.
>    Ägypten tries to be as independent as possible - while at the same time
>    trying to be as usefull both for KDE and for others as possible.
>
>
> Please send comments/ideas/proposals...  :)
>
> Ciao,
>
>   Karl-Heinz
>
> ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
>
> Subject: [Aegypten] plan: LDAP support via new kioslave!
> Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 16:23:55 +0100
> From: Karl-Heinz Zimmer <khz@kde.org>
> To: kmail@kde.org
> Cc: Marko Samastur <markos@elite.org>, Darrell Esau <Darrell@Sun.COM>
>
> Hi,
>
> please have a look at our web page:
>
>    http://www.gnupg.org/aegypten/tech.en.html
>
> It has been updated to reflect the new design for Ägypten's LDAP access.
>
> On ( http://www.gnupg.org/aegypten/images/module-overview-ldap.png ) there
> is a detailed view of the LDAP modules.
>
>
> new:
>     Instead of developing a separate module useless for KDE we will
>     use the new (== planned) LDAP kioslave and share all LDAP code
>     that is not KDE-dependent in a special "shared LDAP Module".
>
>
> Since Marko Samastur and Darrell Esau offered their help in improving
> KDE LDAP support they and I will make a plan how to do things and present
> our proposal to the KMail list soon...
>
> Ciao,
>
>   Karl-Heinz

-- 
Darrell Esau
Software Engineer, Sun Microsystems
NetAdmin Development
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