----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lisa Minogue" <lmino...@mail.be> > To: openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Sent: Tuesday, 29 July, 2014 11:10:01 PM > Subject: [Openvpn-users] OpenVPN for Debian Wheezy (backports) and Jessie is > still at 2.3.2!! > > Hi guys, > > One of my friends has just pointed out to me that on Debian Wheezy backports > and Jessie, OpenVPN's version still stands at 2.3.2. > > The version available for OpenBSD 5.5 and 5.6 (to be released in November > 2014) is also 2.3.2. > > What's happening at both Debian and OpenBSD?
Can we first of all please consider that the people behind both Debian and OpenBSD are clever and intelligent persons? In addition, it's been stated here that there are *no* *security* *fixes* (again: No Security Fixes!) between 2.3.2 and 2.3.4. Only bug fixes and other general improvements. Distributions *seldom* upgrade to newer versions unless at least one the following conditions have been met: a) Does the new version include a security fix is needed for the distro? b) Does it have a bug fix which is needed to fix real issues for our users? If the answer is "no" to both these questions, they will not do an update. Distributions will go for the latest and greatest when they prepare for a new major release. But for minor updates of an already released version, the requirements above must be met. This is a completely normal and accepted handling, as most distros tries to be stable once the new release is out. Heck, even Fedora (which is one of aa more bleeding edge distro) has kept OpenVPN 2.3.2 in Fedora 19 and Fedora 20. The coming release of Fedora 21 will be the first one with 2.3.4. So let me summarize it once again: - Distributions *only* updates to a newer version (or cherry-picks individual fixes) *IF* there is an issue troubling their users which must be fixed or an important security fix (for the distro) has been made available. What to release and when to release it, is completely in the hands of the distributions package maintainers. - OpenVPN 2.3.2 to 2.3.4 *only* contains general improvements and minor bugfixes for some setups/environments. There are (I repeat again) No Security Fixes in 2.3.3 or 2.3.4. - If you have an issue with a too old OpenVPN version in a distro, talk to the distro provider or distro package maintainer and not the upstream OpenVPN community. We (the OpenVPN Community) couldn't care less which versions the package maintainers in the distros ships. We like that they ship the latest and greatest, but which version they prefer is nothing we can decide in the OpenVPN community. - If the distro does not provide you the version you want, compile it yourself. - For the record, to avoid any confusion: Windows is not a distro, which is why we need to ship binary versions of OpenVPN. For Windows, we update the binaries whenever we see it is needed or we have a new release we want people to use. Completely independent of anything else than what we want. Some releases may be triggered due to security or bug fixes *outside* of OpenVPN, such as the OpenSSL, PKCS11, Snappy, lzo, etc, etc libraries we bundle with OpenVPN. Sometimes we just increase the build number (the Ixxx in the installer file name), and sometimes we decide to release a brand new OpenVPN version. But our decision is completely irrelevant to what other Linux or BSD distros chooses. - And I wonder if you're trolling, as the same questions has been asked and answered several times in the same thread. One last thing. You asked: > I don't exactly understand what you mean by "you get friends with the ports > system". It basically means: Learn to use OpenBSD and its packaging system (called 'ports') properly. -- kind regards, David Sommerseth ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Infragistics Professional Build stunning WinForms apps today! Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Openvpn-users mailing list Openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users
