Hello!
I've just had a quick glance through the install script as it presently stands, and I think that we can probably get some progress if we can find people willing to do particular things that will improve the script. It's a case of best eating an elephant in small pieces. Whilst none of the script is particularly elegant there are areas that stand out as being in particular need of some TLC.
Don't get too despondent about apparently slow progress - there has already been significant progress since the first outline of how to do this job was posted by Greg. Further small inputs by individuals will soon yield a fully functional and tested solution.
To start with, might I suggest a call for volunteers to create an updated LDAP RPM (or RPMs)? That, at least, would fix a major weakness in the script. I'm sure that anyone who did this AND was willing to document how it is done in excruciatingly fine detail would encourage other, less expert folk to try other areas of development. There's nothing like a good worked example to instil confidence!
So, ..... any LDAP experts out there???
It might help too if someone like Charlie Brady could make some suggestions about particular areas that need improvement. (I'm assuming here that Charlie is one of the original developers - please excuse my presumption if this is not the case!)
Perhaps we could work on this list of things to do ....
1. Create replacement LDAP RPMs
2. Create replacement/updated Perl RPMs
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N. Final RPMs released for version 9.2.34 of SME Superserver.
Regards,
Dave
P.S. This is just my personal take on things!!