Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 14:35:40 +0200 From: Per olof Ljungmark <peo@nethead.se> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: phpLDAPadmin -- is it time to drop this from ports? Message-ID: <20180405143540.Horde.eh0M417d9DmLg6vslXFsDsm@webmail.nethead.se> In-Reply-To: <fcea9845-5769-0ba7-2c5c-006ca16feb22@FreeBSD.org>
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Quoting Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org>: > Dear all, > > I've maintained the net/phpldapadmin port for _many_ years. > Unfortunately this project seems to have ceased development > upstream. There hasn't been a new release for more than 5 years, nor > any sign of life from the original developer over much the same > timespan. PLA still just about works, but it is lacking in support > for more recent versions of PHP and generally sufferring from lack > of love. > > I'm beginning to think that it is about time to take this port > around the back of the barn and administer the coup-de-grace. There > are other graphical front-ends to LDAP directories available, such > as 'LDAP Account Manager' > https://www.ldap-account-manager.org/lamcms/ (in ports as > sysutils/ldap-account-manager), so people won't be left entirely out > to dry. > > What do people think? Is it time to deprecate and expire PLA, or is > there a diehard core of users for whom PLA will need to be ripped > from their cold, dead hands? One diehard here... hands still warm... Have tried ldap-account-manager but does not suit my need at all. Unless anyone has a better suggestion for a lightweight web-based utility I vote for it to stay. I did an install just a month ago on php71 so not sure about "lacking in support for more recent versions of PHP", do you have any specifics? Thanks!
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