Cyrus SASL Binary Distribution

[Alexey Melnikov]

Dave McMurtrie wrote:
> 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?
I think an external link is sufficient for now. (and I am glad that 
Sergio is offering to help.) I would like to know a bit more about how 
the packages are built on Windows, considering that there is a 
dependency on OpenSSL, SleepyCat, Kerberos V5, etc. I.e. which versions 
of third party libraries were used and how such libraries were built.
> Thanks!
>
> Dave