Version 0.0.2 release announcement

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@ -9,9 +9,25 @@ Version 0.0.2 includes an implementation of the "paged search
control" to enable queries of A/D result sets > 1000 entries. control" to enable queries of A/D result sets > 1000 entries.
It also fills in some holes in the documentation. It also fills in some holes in the documentation.
We fixed a handful of issues that gave strange-looking errors when
working with A/D. The most important of these was support for search
referrals.
Net::LDAP now works with standard RFC-2254 filter strings (see
Net::LDAP::Filter#construct). This is intended as an adjunct to
(not a replacement for) the existing Filter API, which is considerably
easier to use for people who are not LDAP experts.
We added a range of new APIs, and deprecated some existing ones.
The goal is to make the Net::LDAP API as intuitive and Ruby-like
as possible. We'll be adding more improvements to the API as we
go along.
And finally we fixed the annoying problem that the 0.0.1 gem And finally we fixed the annoying problem that the 0.0.1 gem
and tarball had trailing garbage. Thanks to Austin for helping and tarball had trailing garbage. Thanks to Austin for helping
track that down. track that down. Thanks also to Andre Nathan and others for
several valuable suggestions and notes on your experience with
the library.
= What is Net::LDAP for Ruby? = What is Net::LDAP for Ruby?
This library provides a pure-Ruby implementation of an LDAP client. This library provides a pure-Ruby implementation of an LDAP client.
@ -46,7 +62,7 @@ Net::LDAP can be installed with:
% ruby setup.rb % ruby setup.rb
Alternatively, you can use the RubyGems version of Net::LDAP available Alternatively, you can use the RubyGems version of Net::LDAP available
as ruby-net-ldap-0.0.1.gem from the usual sources. as ruby-net-ldap-0.0.2.gem from the usual sources.
== Whet your appetite: == Whet your appetite:
require 'net/ldap' require 'net/ldap'