Re: Current LTS release of net-snmp

2021-05-21 Thread Wes Hardaker via Net-snmp-users
Bart Van Assche  writes:

> On 5/21/21 12:28 AM, Thommandra Gowtham wrote:
> > We have been using net-snmp 5.7.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 for the last 3
> > years. We are planning to upgrade to 20.04 and along with it
> > upgrade net-snmp as well for picking up new features.
> >
> > May I know which is the latest LTS version of net-snmp? Is it 5.9 rc1
> > or 5.8.1 rc1? Curious as we want to pick a stable version and need to
> > support it.
> 
> The v5.8 branch is no longer maintained so please select the v5.9
> branch.

At this point heavy development of new features in Net-SNMP has greatly
slowed (the SNMP protocol is rather stable, no new work in the IETF is
doing SNMP design/development).  I'll release 5.9.1 likely later today
(yay work deadlines are past), and I'd suggest you strongly consider
using this one.

When we were under very heavy development, we had LTS branches
specifically marked with lots of parallel development.  These days the
most recent patches branch (the 5.9 series) will likely stick around and
be supported the longest until eventually 5.10 comes out.

As a open source project, we should re-evaluate now what we want to do
with the LTS markings given that we're no longer releasing super-new
features on a rapid fire basis.  IMHO, we should switch to the latest
patch branch being supported for as long as possible with the main
branch eventually triggering a new release as necessary.  Other opinions
(very) welcome.

-- 
Wes Hardaker
USC/ISI


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Re: Current LTS release of net-snmp

2021-05-21 Thread Bart Van Assche
On 5/21/21 12:28 AM, Thommandra Gowtham wrote:
> We have been using net-snmp 5.7.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 for the last 3
> years. We are planning to upgrade to 20.04 and along with it
> upgrade net-snmp as well for picking up new features.
>
> May I know which is the latest LTS version of net-snmp? Is it 5.9 rc1
> or 5.8.1 rc1? Curious as we want to pick a stable version and need to
> support it.

The v5.8 branch is no longer maintained so please select the v5.9 branch.

Thanks,

Bart.



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Re: Current LTS release of net-snmp

2021-05-21 Thread Paul Herring
On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 8:29 AM Thommandra Gowtham 
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We have been using net-snmp 5.7.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 for the last 3 years. We
> are planning to upgrade to 20.04 and along with it upgrade net-snmp as well
> for picking up new features.
>
> May I know which is the latest LTS version of net-snmp? Is it 5.9 rc1 or
> 5.8.1 rc1? Curious as we want to pick a stable version and need to support
> it.
>


It appears to be some flavour of 5.8:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/focal/+source/net-snmp

pherring@desk  ~  uname -a

Linux desk 5.8.0-53-generic #60~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu May 6 09:52:46 UTC
> 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
>
> pherring@desk  ~  cat /etc/issue
> Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS \n \l
>
> pherring@desk  ~  apt policy snmp
> snmp:
>  Installed: 5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.3
>  Candidate: 5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.3
>  Version table:
> *** 5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.3 500
>500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64
> Packages
>500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main amd64
> Packages
>100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> 5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2 500
>500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages
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Current LTS release of net-snmp

2021-05-21 Thread Thommandra Gowtham
Hi,

We have been using net-snmp 5.7.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 for the last 3 years. We
are planning to upgrade to 20.04 and along with it upgrade net-snmp as well
for picking up new features.

May I know which is the latest LTS version of net-snmp? Is it 5.9 rc1 or
5.8.1 rc1? Curious as we want to pick a stable version and need to support
it.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Gowtham
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