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H1: Changes Since Previous Release

The following sections attempt to summarize the new features and changes in OpenLDAP
software since the 2.5.x release and the OpenLDAP Admin Guide.

H2: New Features and Enhancements in 2.6

H3: New features in slapd

slapd now supports logging directly to a file, bypassing syslog.

H3: New features in lloadd

lloadd now supports additional balancing mechansims

H2: Obsolete Features Removed From 2.6

These features were strongly deprecated in 2.5 and removed in 2.6.

H3: back-ndb

The experimental and incomplete back-ndb backend was removed.
