Re: error while adding entry using ldap.jar JAVA API

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

John Drescher wrote:
> >   Is it just me or do people on this list never support problems related to
> > anything but the latest release? Not everyone can immediately upgrade to the
> > latest release to fix any issues they have, and they shouldn't have to
> > either. Previous versions (to an extent) should be supported just like any
> > other product.

> Its very difficult for any open source software project to support
> several year old versions of software that the bugs have been long
> since fixed. Even if they backported the fixes the user probably could
> not get them in their distro anyways.

Certainly true, but in this case the original poster was already on the 
current *release* - i.e., 2.3. But they did not have the current *patchlevel*, 
i.e. there are 14 released patchsets since 2.3.27.

Brandon's question is completely off base. The Project has been actively 
supporting the 2.3 release for almost 3 years now. For a volunteer effort 
that's pretty damn good.
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