From owner-freebsd-pf@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 23 03:07:04 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-pf@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FA1D1065673; Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:07:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from linimon@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A89B8FC1A; Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:07:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q3N373TG065771; Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:07:03 GMT (envelope-from linimon@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from linimon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q3N373NQ065767; Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:07:03 GMT (envelope-from linimon) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:07:03 GMT Message-Id: <201204230307.q3N373NQ065767@freefall.freebsd.org> To: fbsd8@a1poweruser.com, linimon@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-pf@FreeBSD.org From: linimon@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: kern/167057: [pf] PF firewall version 4.5 in FreeBSD 9.0 & 8.2 nolonger supported by upstream X-BeenThere: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Technical discussion and general questions about packet filter \(pf\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:07:04 -0000 Old Synopsis: PF firewall version 4.5 in FreeBSD 9.0 & 8.2 nolonger supported New Synopsis: [pf] PF firewall version 4.5 in FreeBSD 9.0 & 8.2 nolonger supported by upstream State-Changed-From-To: open->suspended State-Changed-By: linimon State-Changed-When: Mon Apr 23 03:03:28 UTC 2012 State-Changed-Why: The problem is that the upstream changes seriously break backwards compatibility. My understanding is that for now we are staying with the existing version so as not to create a problem for our users, via POLA. I don't know if this decision will be revisited for 10.0. In any case, 8.3 is already released, so the first part of this PR is moot. Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-pf Responsible-Changed-By: linimon Responsible-Changed-When: Mon Apr 23 03:03:28 UTC 2012 Responsible-Changed-Why: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=167057