Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:51:36 -0500 From: The Anarcat <anarcat@koumbit.org> To: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Subject: long term maintenance of pf in FreeBSD (AKA where's pf 4.7?) Message-ID: <20110113055136.GU24439@anarcat.ath.cx>
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--L46vHWpLfEKD8KlK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 =2E.. 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we're considering switching our routers from OpenBSD to FreeBSD to ease maintenance (yay freebsd-update) but the outdated pf version is a serious hindrance as we're looking at using the new 'sloppy' state tracking mecanisms PPS: please CC, i'm not on the list (yet?) --=20 Antoine Beaupr=E9 R=E9seau Koumbit Networks +1.514.387.6262 --L46vHWpLfEKD8KlK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJNLpLnAAoJEHkhUlJ7dZIe72YP/i2GMJu7EfRlctLKCfRKNffG teTw9zzlskck1DuXjEShQpoh/Alp+1z6Whz0JsMcC4jbn/Nffb9CiSOH17qrq+tx MvKmGtAbnwRuXb16yIVPceblTLMP/CbPsg8z99HMCobs0tyfE3axtFK4Sb2od8d/ lap/2vNW/B0WxDuyMr5iq2S1KrGkT99a6Txhq04Tw5QNaUAiOG/VwavmkHofTLSy f4rUChGIqmv6wtC25M1EPLp+4U2VdyGKiQw9zh2Z3drp53nvg2bxBckB+kAtzf6P /Ht9TE/yp5S+EEhyTAi+dCxwYtlH0JdjKOjtDBWwbmwh2nRVXud/WCgS8XCnu9l+ PKKuXhdHvBEdU5iWqCiwNm/kHRxXtx2Xgl2T0UCphjLHeIxzo9oXrc/NZi/lzsnB yp6AvUYDGODufc+8b9+YKJr2ONnn1KmQUShK0hWUVS2UjA1Bjpob0fyFj812vkDV J+Eu+3CocgTLlBZy5tRZAJ3x8JL/L9bMYN5mkBPNxcEMZkQIhimEiPB2Z/sSWVxm sk6jtPi/4Gt+0w8po+ZKSBd0UFztz72Tz8XW2FiIL7uwPzjEtA5s/clSbemMPDTQ quBDW/cHUbMD7uw7OYLYNOsZqOuvHNLyWfnCQcRlALt3UOgD8NK9rriEhZka2Hja pWg/3PB8WhVEAPRKrtNa =E9lj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --L46vHWpLfEKD8KlK--
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