[Fedora-directory-users] Advantages of using FDS vs OpenLDAP?

[Christopher Blizzard]

The documentation that we have available covers both "how to navigate
[with the] GUI" and "how things work."  All the way from an overview of
how to build your LDAP tree down to a reference of the internal config
settings that drive the directory server.

I suspect that you're saying that you prefer documents that are low
level descriptions of how the system works, and we do have those.  But
you're not the only market.  There's a fair number of ways that people
tend to directory servers.

--Chris

On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 08:32 -0800, Arshad Noor wrote:
> For what its worth, while I have not worked with OpenLDAP at all, I
> vigorously support Howard's argument for concise, precise & clear
> documentation.  The state of technical documentation today is
> pathetic - designed more for people to navigate GUI's than to impart
> information about how things work.  Its reminiscent of cotton candy
> - a lot more air than content.  Another artifact of the Microsoft
> age....
> 
> Arshad Noor
> StrongAuth, Inc.
> 
> 
> Howard Chu wrote:
> 
> > Yes, the OpenLDAP documentation is sparse, and this is a fatal flaw.
> > Yes, what documentation exists is terse, and this is a vital strength.
> > Nobody likes to spend time wading thru docs, and there's nothing gained
> > from saying in 5 sentences what can be stated in only one. Certainly we
> > need to work on expanding the scope of the documentation to cover the
> > numerous holes. But good documentation is concise and to the point, and
> > the docs I've written are precise. There may be a problem with imprecise
> > readers, who skim and skip over things when every single word is
> > crucial, but that's not our fault.
> > 
> 
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