[Unity-idm-discuss] Fwd: Release 1.6.0 available

[Terefang V. <ter...@gm...>]

hi!


On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Krzysztof Benedyczak <go...@ic...>
wrote:
>
> OK, so rest API is here a way to go. Note that 'loading on startup' is bit
> more confusing, as it work as expected during the first start and can mess
> your setup after subsequent restart (e.g. if you manually fixed one
> attribute type and then after restart you get the old definition).
>
> So yes, this is pretty easy to be added to the REST API, can go into
> 1.7.0. What is another low hanging fruit is a possibility to import
> attribute type definitions directly from LDAP schema. The converter is
> implemented in Unity but not exposed. I can enable it if you find this
> useful.
>

the rest api is definitely the way to go, as the attribute definition may
be more complex than what simple ldif is capable of.

i agree, if one could do a simple http-post with a ldif-schema in the body,
a lot of people would be satisfied with it.

the question is rather what subset or extension of ldif do you want to
support, without being a pain for average users.

for example "ENUMS": about 50% of attribute definitions i use (that dont
map directly to ldap) are enums.

in your case you might at least support X-ENUM and X-PATTERN, for
compatiblity
( see
http://docs.forgerock.org/en/opendj/2.6.0/admin-guide/index/chap-schema.html#attr-syntax-schema-definition-extensions
)


cheers,

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Terefang