Hello David Thanks for your detailed explanation. I really appreciate it.
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 4:26 PM > From: "David Sommerseth" <open...@sf.lists.topphemmelig.net> > To: "Stella Ashburne" <rewe...@gmx.com>, openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Openvpn-users] Unable to locate the .deb package of OpenVPN > 2.5.4 for Debian 11/Bullseye > > > - Major updates of a package (for OpenVPN, that means 2.4->2.5, > 2.5->2.6, etc), these happens in the major distribution releases (like > Debian 10 to Debian 11) > > - Minor updates of a package (for OpenVPN: 2.5.1->2.5.2->2.5.3, etc) can > be handled in two ways. > > a) Update to the upstream minor release; which is what I do for > Fedora/Fedora EPEL/Fedora Copr repositories. This updates the > package version number in the package. > > b) Backport important fixes from newer releases to the current one in > the distribution. This keeps the upstream version but updates the > "build" number. This is very common for Debian/Ubuntu, as well as > for enterprise distributions such as Red Hat Enterprise > Linux and CentOS. > > Both these approaches gives you a reliable and up-to-date version. > Method b) often results in smaller changes being applied, so the > stability can often be more predictable - but it depends on how good > the package maintainer is. The OpenVPN package maintainer for Debian > packages (which ends up in Ubuntu too) are well maintained. > > > Using the OpenVPN community provided packages is commonly more useful > when the distro provided version is based on an older OpenVPN major > release. If there are no new features you require in the community > provided repository, using the standard distro repository might be more > than good enough. > > On the other hand, it might take a bit longer for a distribution > repository to get an updated package compared to using the community > provided packages. > Debian gets a major release about once every two years and the OpenVPN package is somewhat outdated. _______________________________________________ Openvpn-users mailing list Openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users
