VOTE: proposal to strip out pdb_context and pdb_methods chaining

[Jeremy Allison]

On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 04:52:58PM -0600, Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
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> Time to vote:
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> I would really like to strip out the pdb_context stuff.
> The idea of chaining passdb backends is nice but overly
> complicated the code and has never really provided any
> practical use.  We really one need one SAM.  If anyone
> wants to provide an interface similar to the current one,
> they can write a meta-sam that consildates storage from
> mutliple places.
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> We can export from one passdb to import to another by
> using an intermediate format (LDIF, XML, etc...)
> 
> This seems as good a time as any to fix this since we are
> chewing up the user/group formats anyways.  I'll post to
> the samba ml and see if anyone is really using the
> chained passdb interface (geeze...I *hope* no one is).
> 
> So pass in your ballots please.  +1 or -1.

+1 - make it much more simple please. This code is a nightmare
to maintain.

Jeremy.