Re: Re: git: 94eda313a9d5 - main - mail/dovecot: add LDAP as a default option

On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 09:05:08PM -0800, Cy Schubert wrote:
> In message <202401310117.40V1HFmD014823@gitrepo.freebsd.org>, Larry 
> Rosenman wr
> ites:
> > The branch main has been updated by ler:
> >
> > URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=94eda313a9d5acc5ff8d00fec7a518
> > 62f3e346da
> >
> > commit 94eda313a9d5acc5ff8d00fec7a51862f3e346da
> > Author:     Larry Rosenman <ler@FreeBSD.org>
> > AuthorDate: 2024-01-31 01:15:05 +0000
> > Commit:     Larry Rosenman <ler@FreeBSD.org>
> > CommitDate: 2024-01-31 01:17:13 +0000
> >
> >     mail/dovecot: add LDAP as a default option
> >     
> >     PR:     276741
> >     Requested by: seichan-ml@wakhok.ne.jp
> 
> What's the compelling reason for this? The PR doesn't say why this would 
> benefit everyone and doesn't explain if any negative impacts were 
> non-existent or mitigated any way. IMO someone asking for a feature or 
> option without an analysis of impact can possibly result in a POLA 
> situation.
> 
> Why and will this cause any POLA?

The rationale is that now it is usable by people who need LDAP.

And I don't see how it could cause any problems. The only non existant
case is that you had some ldap configuration in dovecot that was not
used because LDAP was not on.

-- 
Mathieu Arnold