On 27/05/2021 18:23, Gert Doering wrote:
Linux distributions upgrade in their own pace, and if 2.5.0 wasn't released
when the distribution had their "cutoff for new versions day", they will
usually stick to 2.4.x for ever, backporting security fixes.
On 27/05/2021 18:29, tincantech via Openvpn-users wrote:
See: https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/OpenvpnSoftwareRepos
Basically, Gert is right. Using the distro provided packaging is the
preferred and recommended approach, as that ensures stability during the
lifetime of the distribution release. Most distributions have a fairly
rigid QA/testing process before a release is done, which sorts out a lot
of issues before the release hits users. And OpenVPN is typically part
of that implicitly.
We do however provide a third-party repository. We do try to ensure it
is kept stable there as well, but we do not have the same amount of
resources and possibilities to thoroughly test the complete range of
distributions, distributions releases and OpenVPN releases. There will
be some situations where we have missed a spot. But for the vast
majority of impatient users wanting a newer OpenVPN release than what
the Linux distro provides, our third-party repo is usually good enough.
But the third-party repos should only be used if you have no other
choice to the distro provided packaging.
--
kind regards,
David Sommerseth
OpenVPN Inc
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