On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 10:08:21AM +0200, Harry Lachanas wrote:
> Tom Eastep wrote:
> > Shorewall 4.4, which will be released late this year, will no longer
> > include Shorewall-shell. There will be just four packages included in
> > Shorewall 4.4:
> >
> > Shorewall - everything you need to create an IPv4 firewall (including
> > the Perl-based compiler).
> >
> > Shorewall6 - requires Shorewall and adds everything you need to create
> > an IPv6 firewall
> >
> > Shorewall-lite - same as in 4.2
> >
> > Shorewall6-lite - same as in 4.2
> >
> > Those of you who are still using Shorewall-shell should consider
> > migrating to Shorewall-perl at the earliest opportunity. Don't wait
> > until your distribution drops Shorewall 4.4 on you in an upgrade.
> >
> > -Tom
> >   
> Forgive me if I misunderstood, does that mean that systems-platforms 
> that do not include perl in their distros
> like ( Bering uClibc, alpine uclibc   ... and so on ) will not be 
> supported anymore???
> 
That is not correct.  They have the following options:

 - Continue with 4.2 (which will continue to be supported for some time)
 - Switch to 4.4 using -perl/-lite (Shorewall-perl runs anywhere that
   perl runs, uncluding cygwin)

Regards,

-Roberto

-- 
Roberto C. Sánchez
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