From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 14 15:52:30 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25BF7CC1; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:52:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-la0-x229.google.com (mail-la0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c03::229]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40773397; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:52:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f41.google.com with SMTP id er20so3730908lab.28 for ; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:52:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=xm7wVX3Jbkg0iGoCFAfLmc0uDn94rPvxjXPXNJMdqKM=; b=WecU7kMSxnX+lrUOIJ50t6OnUMg4UhLhMPy9W/jF3ZQReOA8lJj5sQR0KlXoUQmmwW rDgmGwWf/wysfHiOc5uwteiQPYJqyQvCoUUlkK82GjAHiXhLjJXoBeUGnU5cQogLu3q/ XXoBO2dB4TammDUYrlfIcDD0hnaY6Jjmnk1k5sIsPRCRiCIKVs3DRX/Wod1UbnOpAi8p npt+sbR2kInvRsXOseNLpYY7W1H3RBFYLuXtHtuDRVo8zn6ZYQLtOkMFhEA17y4vQKR8 eR5AB4CZnUAbIGFgTYjJHh65GlM9K6OrXDJOoS4FcVgJGpvxvRtI696ok6u2WzXQpbwZ 48xA== X-Received: by 10.112.168.5 with SMTP id zs5mr4649761lbb.66.1365954748052; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:52:28 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.60.196 with HTTP; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:51:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20130411201805.GD76816@FreeBSD.org> <7D8ACD5C-821D-4505-82E4-02267A7BA4F8@FreeBSD.org> <96D56EAE-E797-429E-AEC9-42B19B048CCC@FreeBSD.org> <6DEDD3EA-45C1-4549-AA13-5E4F6674BE3E@samsco.org> <2D0B66DB-E232-4F34-9D01-57DF226B9BAA@FreeBSD.org> <2DA4A561-3304-432D-B5D1-7053A27E758F@yahoo.com> From: Odhiambo Washington Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:51:47 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer To: Warren Block Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: Chris Rees , "current@freebsd.org" , Scott Long , Rui Paulo , "net@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:52:30 -0000 It's NOT possible, because someone has to handle the kernel hooks, which is the contention. Mark as deprecated, remove the HandBook section, but only for 10.x On 14 April 2013 18:48, Warren Block wrote: > On Sun, 14 Apr 2013, Chris Rees wrote: > > On 14 April 2013 01:41, Rui Paulo wrote: >> >>> 2013/04/13 16:01?Scott Long ??????: >>> >>> >>> Maybe something else, but whatever it is, it should be done. If you >>>> and Gleb don't want to do this, I will. >>>> >>> >>> I already started writing a guide. See here for a very incomplete >>> version: >>> >>> http://people.freebsd.org/~**rpaulo/ipf-deprecation/**article.html >>> >> >> If you're really serious about deprecating ipf, we absolutely have to >> remove instructions for it from the Handbook as soon as possible; >> every time a new user comes across instructions you're going to have >> yet another annoyed party. >> >> http://www.bayofrum.net/~**crees/patches/remove-ipf.diff >> > > This should probably be done like we did for CVS for ports. Mark it as > deprecated, then remove the Handbook section once the code is removed. > > Is it possible to move ipfilter into a port? > > ______________________________**_________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/**mailman/listinfo/freebsd-**current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@** > freebsd.org " > -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."