The OpenLDAP Project is pleased to announce the availability
of OpenLDAP Software 2.4, a suite of the Lightweight Directory
Access Protocol (v3) servers, clients, utilities, and
development tools.

This release contains the following major enhancements :

* Slapd(8) enhancements
- Syncrepl enhancements, including push-mode and
Multi-Master support
- Dynamic configuration enhancements, including
online schema editing and full access control
- Dynamic monitoring enhancements, including
cache usage information
* New overlays
- Attribute value constraints
- Dynamic Directory Services (RFC2589)
- Reverse Group Membership maintenance (memberof)
* Clients and tools
- Full support of request/response controls
- New ldapexop tool for arbitrary extend operations
- Support of DNS SRV records for default server
* Significant performance enhancements throughout
the client and server code base
* Multiple new features in libldap and liblber
* Expanded documentation
- Function-complete manual pages
- Numerous new examples in the Admin Guide

This release includes the following major components :

* slapd - a stand-alone LDAP directory server
* -lldap - a LDAP client library
* -llber - a lightweight BER/DER encoding/decoding library
* LDIF tools - data conversion tools for use with slapd
* LDAP tools - A collection of command line LDAP utilities
* Admin Guide, Manual Pages - associated documentation

In addition, there are some contributed components:

* LDAPC++ - a LDAP C++ SDK
* Various slapd modules and slapi plugins

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Q: Which version of OpenLDAP Software should I use?
A: Most users should use "release" (general use) versions.

Users should start with the then current "release" version and, when upgrade is appropriate, upgrade to then current "release".

It may not be necessary (or even desirable) to upgrade upon announcment of each new "release", but users should consider upgrading whenever the version they installed is older than the current "stable" release. Versions older than current "stable" release are known to be less reliable.

Q: What is the difference between "release" and "stable" versions?
A: The term "release", as used on the download web page (http://www.openldap.org/software/download/) refers to the lastest version of the OpenLDAP Software available for "general use".

The term "stable" refers to the last "general use" release that has demonstrated itself as being reliable in real world environments.

Each new version which is published is referred to as the "release" version until a subsequent version is published. Likewise, "stable" always refers to the release which is considered the most reliable