Meeting summary for 19 June 2024:
* *Updated: release openvpn 2.6.11*
/There is a security issue reported by reynir that is resolved, and
we want to get that out in 2.6.11 tomorrow./
/The tunnelcrack mitigations for Windows are held back because we
have had absolutely no response on the mailing lists for testing
these and confirming that it doesn't break things./
/If someone can contribute to testing this we can follow up with a
2.6.12 release in a few weeks that contains the tunnelcrack
mitigations for Windows./
* *New: buildbot PRs need attention*
/Getting these merged soonish would help avoid nasty merge conflicts
down the line/
Allow skipping build types
<https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-buildbot/pull/50>
Add smoketest builds for openvpn3, openvpn3-linux and ovpn-dco
<https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-buildbot/pull/51>
https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-buildbot/pull/48
<https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-buildbot/pull/48>
/Developers have been pinged in the meeting about these, so they'll
take a look when they can./
* *New: fixing openvpn3-linux builds in Buildbot*
/Mattock has this almost working. Some platforms will have to be
skipped because openvpn3-linux / gdbuspp dependencies (Meson in
particular) are too old or missing./
/As an aside, OpenVPN3 Linux v22 dev for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Fedora
39 and 40 are in the release process./
/Next step is a 'regular' OpenVPN3 Linux v23 release again./
* *New: Linux arm64 buildbot workers*
/Mattock has done initial research./
/Docker seems to support (QEMU) emulated non-native containers, but
Buildbot might be missing the glue to make it work./
/Patching Buildbot should not be *that* difficult./
/External (arm64) Docker host might be a more performant alternative
option./
* *New: how to proceed with lzo2.pc*
/pc file suggests "all includes should be done without|lzo/|prefix"
- which is generally not a bad idea, but needs code changes beyond
configure (right?)/
/There are some options to make changes here. For now we'll just
keep working around this issue.'
/One thing seems clear; it would be too early to rip it out, it
would most likely affect too many people still using it despite the
fact that they shouldn't./
/An option we have is to use the OpenVPN3 implementation of lzo and
port that to OpenVPN2, to solve this./
/This is a topic that will be moved to the OpenVPN community meetup
2024.//
* *New: run tests of 2.x against openvpn3? how?*
/There is a 'null client' variant of ovpncli that allows to make VPN
connections but not fully, for testing purposes./
/This is in the openvpn3 repository./
* *Updated: community.openvpn.net trac wiki*
/Wiki.js felt quite awkward and counterintuitive in practical tests
done by mattock. It seems to focus on bling rather than usability./
/Xwiki felt quite bulky and enterprisey (a.k.a. full of "stuff") in
the practical tests by mattock. It seems an overkill for our simple
use-case./
/Mediawiki no longer feels as nasty as it once did :)/
/Maybe some Git-based wiki-type solution would be ok?/
As always you're welcome to join at #openvpn-meeting on Libera IRC
network every Wednesday at 14:00 Central European Time.
Kind regards,
Johan Draaisma
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