Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:44:56 -0800 From: harold barker <hvb@dsms.com> To: The Anarcat <anarcat@koumbit.org> Cc: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Subject: Re: long term maintenance of pf in FreeBSD (AKA where's pf 4.7?) Message-ID: <431D5E6B-E1B2-46EB-BEBD-540AEC889328@dsms.com> In-Reply-To: <20110113055136.GU24439@anarcat.ath.cx> References: <20110113055136.GU24439@anarcat.ath.cx>
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I like and use PF on FreeBSD. I would greatly appreciate someone committing to more then a wham bam thank you madam port. I am willing to put some money in the pot. On Jan 12, 2011, at 21:51, The Anarcat wrote: > Hi! > > I have digged into the archive after reading in the handbook that pf is > stuck at OpenBSD's 4.1 version, which is now quite old (may 2007). > > I have found this thread mentionning testing required for a patch: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-pf/2010-October/005842.html > > ... it then seemed the patch had some issues: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-pf/2010-October/005860.html > > Others have raised a similar issue about backporting 4.7 into FreeBSD: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-pf/2010-October/005862.html > > For context, OpenBSD 4.7 (may 2010) is the last significant release > including changes in pf: > > http://openbsd.org/47.html#new > > So my question is: what's the plan? Is anybody actively maintaining pf > in FreeBSD at this point? > > Is it because the backporting process is painful that it's not being > done regularly? > > Or is it only because of the lack of testers? > > A. > > PS: I ask because we're considering switching our routers from OpenBSD > to FreeBSD to ease maintenance (yay freebsd-update) but the outdated pf > version is a serious hindrance as we're looking at using the new > 'sloppy' state tracking mecanisms > > PPS: please CC, i'm not on the list (yet?) > > -- > Antoine Beaupré > Réseau Koumbit Networks > +1.514.387.6262
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