Re: LDAPSetoption java-api-11

["Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>]

At 11:54 AM 8/31/00 -0600, Steve Sonntag wrote:
>Section 4.39.13 LDAPV2.setOption
> 
>This method of the LDAPV2 interface seems a little strange.
> 
> 1) It probably does not belong under the interface LDAPV2,
>    but instead under LDAPConnection. This would allow it
>    to support setting client & server controls which it
>    cannot do under LDAPV2.  This functionality is currently
>    missing in the method.
>    
>    Setting STRING_FORMAT is also an LDAPV3 setting, as UTF-8
>    is only meaningful under LDAPV3.

Given charset and other issues surrounding APIs
designed to support both LDAPv2 and LDAPv3 and
the what I believe is general consensus to
obsolete LDAPv2, I suggest that all mention
and support for LDAPv2 be axed from LDAPext
work items.

        Kurt