Re: [PacketFence-devel] ANN: PacketFence 5.3.0

2015-07-28 Thread Boris Epstein
Hello Louis, I am fully with you as far as the notion of polling being burdensome and not scaling well goes. And perhaps I lack clear understanding of what of a node's intended life cycle - and that may be a cause for some confusion. Let us say I have a node that i have disconnected and no longer

Re: [PacketFence-devel] ANN: PacketFence 5.3.0

2015-07-27 Thread Louis Munro
On Jul 27, 2015, at 7:08 , Boris Epstein wrote: > > As for the node deactivation, I think there are several options. IMO, it > needs to at least be settable - i.e., if the PF admin declares a node > inactive, then inactive it is. > > Secondly, I'd say something like active polling may work. A

Re: [PacketFence-devel] ANN: PacketFence 5.3.0

2015-07-27 Thread Boris Epstein
Hello Louis, Thanks for your detailed response. Naturally, fixes need approval and there is always the next release:) As for the node deactivation, I think there are several options. IMO, it needs to at least be settable - i.e., if the PF admin declares a node inactive, then inactive it is. Sec

Re: [PacketFence-devel] ANN: PacketFence 5.3.0

2015-07-23 Thread Louis Munro
Hi Boris, On Jul 23, 2015, at 5:10 PM, Boris Epstein wrote: > Hi Louis, > > Thanks, installed it, playing with it. > > Looks good - unfortunately, it looks like the RADIUS IP tracking fix which I > have tested and which seems to work didn't make it. > > See: > https://github.com/borepstein/

Re: [PacketFence-devel] ANN: PacketFence 5.3.0

2015-07-23 Thread Boris Epstein
Hi Louis, Thanks, installed it, playing with it. Looks good - unfortunately, it looks like the RADIUS IP tracking fix which I have tested and which seems to work didn't make it. See: https://github.com/borepstein/packetfence Also, do you know if there has been any work on detecting when nodes g

[PacketFence-devel] ANN: PacketFence 5.3.0

2015-07-22 Thread Louis Munro
ANNOUNCING: PacketFence 5.3.0 The Inverse team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of PacketFence 5.3.0. This is a major release with new features, enhancements and important bug fixes. This release is considered ready for production use and upgrading from previous versions is str