Samba DEBUG in OpenChange

[Jeremy Allison]

On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 08:14:38AM +0100, Volker Lendecke wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 09:56:00AM +1300, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> > I think OpenChange has enough challenges as it is without maintaining a
> > fork of Samba, just as Samba needs to stop maintaining a fork of
> > Heimdal.  
> > 
> > Why is the fact that this project, which provides plugins for our code
> > and has been an important fellow traveller for many years, is using
> > DEBUG quite so important?  Many of our VFS modules would also do the
> > same, so how is this different?
> 
> The difference is that OpenChange has to link against a stock delivered
> Samba, using internals that never were intended to be published. External
> VFS modules have the same problem, but OEMs with custom modules usually
> ship their own build of Samba, something that OpenChange can not do.
> 
> Even with the pdb modules opened up for FreeIPA RedHat has just
> reassured that when we have to change passdb, RedHat will change their
> module. OpenChange does not have the resources to do so in time.
> 
> To properly support OpenChange, we have to stop changing any internal ABI
> and just build future developments on top of the existing code base. This
> is just not going to happen.

What exactly are the internal ABI's that OpenChange depends on ?

Getting a list would be a good start. Right now looks like
DEBUG and friends are top of the list.