Re: [Openvpn-devel] Unpackaged Windows binaries (Was: Re: [Openvpn-users] [ANN] OS X packages - OpenVPN 2.1.1)

2010-04-29 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 04/26/2010 10:23:21 AM, David Sommerseth wrote: > On 26/04/10 16:47, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > > > > Speaking of the standard release process there is still this > thread: > > > > Re: [Openvpn-devel] Unpackged Windows binaries? -- Problems > building > > 2.1 rc15 on Windows XP > > > > and its

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Unpackaged Windows binaries (Was: Re: [Openvpn-users] [ANN] OS X packages - OpenVPN 2.1.1)

2010-04-28 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 04/27/2010 05:58:43 AM, Peter Stuge wrote: > Karl O. Pinc wrote: > > IMO OpenVPN is encouraging bad practices by supplying packages for > > distros that include OpenVPN. > > Ideally the package for that distro as made by OpenVPN is always > equivalent to the one made by the distributor. I'm

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Unpackaged Windows binaries (Was: Re: [Openvpn-users] [ANN] OS X packages - OpenVPN 2.1.1)

2010-04-27 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 04/27/2010 05:58:43 AM, Peter Stuge wrote: > Karl O. Pinc wrote: > > IMO OpenVPN is encouraging bad practices by supplying packages for > > distros that include OpenVPN. > > Ideally the package for that distro as made by OpenVPN is always > equivalent to the one made by the distributor. > >

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Unpackaged Windows binaries (Was: Re: [Openvpn-users] [ANN] OS X packages - OpenVPN 2.1.1)

2010-04-27 Thread Peter Stuge
Karl O. Pinc wrote: > IMO OpenVPN is encouraging bad practices by supplying packages for > distros that include OpenVPN. Ideally the package for that distro as made by OpenVPN is always equivalent to the one made by the distributor. What do I mean? I mean that I'm happy with .spec files and the

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Unpackaged Windows binaries (Was: Re: [Openvpn-users] [ANN] OS X packages - OpenVPN 2.1.1)

2010-04-27 Thread Toby Thain
On 27-Apr-10, at 1:54 PM, Karl O. Pinc wrote: On 04/26/2010 09:46:06 PM, Toby Thain wrote: On 27-Apr-10, at 12:19 PM, Karl O. Pinc wrote: On 04/26/2010 06:19:31 PM, Toby Thain wrote: I don't think unpackaged OS X binaries are very useful, which is why I created the pkg+dmg. I

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Unpackaged Windows binaries (Was: Re: [Openvpn-users] [ANN] OS X packages - OpenVPN 2.1.1)

2010-04-27 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 04/26/2010 02:11:26 PM, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > On 04/26/2010 11:53:19 AM, Peter Stuge wrote: > > Karl O. Pinc wrote: > > > the project is already releasing unpackaged Linux > > > binaries > > > > Really? > > They seem to have stopped sometime after July 30 2008. > >

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Unpackaged Windows binaries (Was: Re: [Openvpn-users] [ANN] OS X packages - OpenVPN 2.1.1)

2010-04-27 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 04/26/2010 09:46:06 PM, Toby Thain wrote: > > On 27-Apr-10, at 12:19 PM, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > > > On 04/26/2010 06:19:31 PM, Toby Thain wrote: > >>> > >>> > >> > >> I don't think unpackaged OS X binaries are very useful, which is > why > >> I > >> > >> created the pkg+dmg. > > > > I agree,

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Unpackaged Windows binaries (Was: Re: [Openvpn-users] [ANN] OS X packages - OpenVPN 2.1.1)

2010-04-27 Thread Toby Thain
On 27-Apr-10, at 12:46 PM, Toby Thain wrote: On 27-Apr-10, at 12:19 PM, Karl O. Pinc wrote: On 04/26/2010 06:19:31 PM, Toby Thain wrote: I don't think unpackaged OS X binaries are very useful, which is why I created the pkg+dmg. I agree, because the Apple development kit is shipped,

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Unpackaged Windows binaries (Was: Re: [Openvpn-users] [ANN] OS X packages - OpenVPN 2.1.1)

2010-04-27 Thread Toby Thain
On 27-Apr-10, at 12:19 PM, Karl O. Pinc wrote: On 04/26/2010 06:19:31 PM, Toby Thain wrote: I don't think unpackaged OS X binaries are very useful, which is why I created the pkg+dmg. I agree, because the Apple development kit is shipped, if not installed, on every Mac. It ships on

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Unpackaged Windows binaries (Was: Re: [Openvpn-users] [ANN] OS X packages - OpenVPN 2.1.1)

2010-04-27 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 04/26/2010 06:02:46 PM, David Sommerseth wrote: > On 26/04/10 21:11, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > > On Debian all I had to do was "aptitude install nsis" and then > > run it to make MS Windows installers. Plug and play, no > > compiling necessary. > > > > Just a little nitpick, when you run

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Unpackaged Windows binaries (Was: Re: [Openvpn-users] [ANN] OS X packages - OpenVPN 2.1.1)

2010-04-27 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 04/26/2010 06:19:31 PM, Toby Thain wrote: > > On 27-Apr-10, at 1:58 AM, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > > > > The problem addressed is that there only binaries available > > for MS Windows are pre-packaged in an installer executable. > > This means that anyone who wants stock binaries but a > > modified

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Unpackaged Windows binaries (Was: Re: [Openvpn-users] [ANN] OS X packages - OpenVPN 2.1.1)

2010-04-27 Thread Toby Thain
On 27-Apr-10, at 5:11 AM, Karl O. Pinc wrote: On 04/26/2010 11:53:19 AM, Peter Stuge wrote: Karl O. Pinc wrote: the project is already releasing unpackaged Linux binaries Really? They seem to have stopped sometime after July 30 2008.

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Unpackaged Windows binaries (Was: Re: [Openvpn-users] [ANN] OS X packages - OpenVPN 2.1.1)

2010-04-27 Thread Toby Thain
On 27-Apr-10, at 1:58 AM, Karl O. Pinc wrote: On 04/26/2010 10:23:21 AM, David Sommerseth wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 26/04/10 16:47, Karl O. Pinc wrote: Speaking of the standard release process there is still this thread: Re: [Openvpn-devel] Unpackged Windows

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Unpackaged Windows binaries (Was: Re: [Openvpn-users] [ANN] OS X packages - OpenVPN 2.1.1)

2010-04-27 Thread David Sommerseth
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 26/04/10 21:11, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > On 04/26/2010 11:53:19 AM, Peter Stuge wrote: >> Karl O. Pinc wrote: [...snip...] > IMO people who don't rely on their distro for systems integration > and security patches are asking for trouble. There are of

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Unpackaged Windows binaries (Was: Re: [Openvpn-users] [ANN] OS X packages - OpenVPN 2.1.1)

2010-04-26 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 04/26/2010 11:53:19 AM, Peter Stuge wrote: > Karl O. Pinc wrote: > > the project is already releasing unpackaged Linux > > binaries > > Really? They seem to have stopped sometime after July 30 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080730205524/openvpn.net/index.php/ downloads.html It's hard to

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Unpackaged Windows binaries (Was: Re: [Openvpn-users] [ANN] OS X packages - OpenVPN 2.1.1)

2010-04-26 Thread Peter Stuge
Karl O. Pinc wrote: > the project is already releasing unpackaged Linux > binaries Really? > and it now talking about doing the same for OS/X binaries. Recently discussed work for contrib/ produces a .dmg, very much a package in my view. > There's clear utility. I guess it depends. I'm not

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Unpackaged Windows binaries (Was: Re: [Openvpn-users] [ANN] OS X packages - OpenVPN 2.1.1)

2010-04-26 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 04/26/2010 10:23:21 AM, David Sommerseth wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 26/04/10 16:47, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > > Speaking of the standard release process there is still this > thread: > > > > Re: [Openvpn-devel] Unpackged Windows binaries? -- Problems >

[Openvpn-devel] Unpackaged Windows binaries (Was: Re: [Openvpn-users] [ANN] OS X packages - OpenVPN 2.1.1)

2010-04-26 Thread David Sommerseth
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 26/04/10 16:47, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > On 04/26/2010 03:42:37 AM, Arnoud Vermeer wrote: >> Hi Toby, >> >> I for one appreciate your effort and would love to see this in the >> standard >> release process. > > Speaking of the standard release