Cyrus SASL Binary Distribution

[Dave McMurtrie]

On 7/24/11 10:04 AM, MateAR.eu wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We'd like to contribute a binary distribution package for Cyrus SASL
> 2.1.23 and 2.1.24rc1 and we were told to post a message on this list. We
> have noticed that there is no link on the below page to download an
> installer:
>
> http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/docs/cyrus-sasl/2.1.23/windows.php
>
> The proposed distribution supports the following mechanisms:
>
> a) ANONYMOUS
> b) CRAM-MD5
> c) DIGEST-MD5
> d) GSSAPI
> e) LOGIN
> f) NTLM
> g) OTP
> h) PLAIN
> i) SRP
>
> We are committed to long term support and keeping the packages updated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Hi Sergio,

Please allow me to apologize.  When you initially contacted me off-list, 
you probably told me you were interested in providing a binary 
distribution and I probably missed that.  When I saw that you were 
suggesting to add a link to the docs/cyrus-sasl/2.1.23/windows.php page, 
I mentioned to you that these pages aren't part of the mediawiki 
installation, but rather they're generated from the /docs directory of 
the cyrus-sasl download tarball.  That's why I then suggested you send a 
documentation patch to the cyrus-sasl list.

Now that I finally understand what you're offering, hopefully I can get 
this resolved.

I think it might make more sense to put your link at 
http://www.cyrussasl.org/mediawiki/index.php/Downloads#SASL_Library 
since that's where folks looking to download Cyrus SASL would be 
looking.  If you agree, you already have a MediaWiki account that would 
allow you to add the link there now.

I see that you subscribed to the cyrus-sasl mailing list, and I would 
like to see you remain subscribed such that you may answer any questions 
about your distribution.

Finally, I also cc'd Alexey Melnikov, Dan White and Ken Murchison on 
this message.  They're the folks who probably care the most about Cyrus 
SASL at this point.  From my perspective, I want to get as many folks on 
board to assist with Project Cyrus as possible and I welcome your 
contribution.  I wanted to make sure nobody else has any issues with you 
providing a binary distro, though.  Anyone?  Do you guys agree with 
where to put the download link?  Should we host the binary distro files 
somewhere on cyrussasl.org, or is an external link sufficient?

Thanks!

Dave