-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 06/28/2016 01:21 AM, Bruno Friedmann wrote: > On lundi, 27 juin 2016 16.37:17 h CEST [email protected] wrote: >> 27. Jun 2016 07:49 by [email protected]: >>> If you are at the stage of building it from zero, why not >>> trying to branch the existing package on OBS, try to update it, >>> and submit it back to the repository ? >> >> Becuase for me the firewall package is a high priority and >> important to be an official maintained one. I need to have a >> package to depend on. I think it may be true for others also. >> >> Shorewall project is very excellent in maintenance. The >> discussions and bug fixing are very alive! So it is obvious that >> the Shorewall project holds the shorewall application in high >> priority. >> >> For Opensuse although it is the distribution I use for now the >> shorewall application does not seem a priority to the project. >> It is not an official package for a long time. I think there was >> never even one version 5 ? >> >> With these new packages from Tom Eastep there is now something >> official that has high priority focus. I will learn and test >> them and provide the feedback here. >> >> If it becomes as I truly hope the accepted practice to make these >> rpms inside the Shorewall project, I do not see the advantage of >> doing it separately in a nonofficial 'home' project at Opensuse. > > It was not question about making it available in "home" project. > The idea is to have it inside the main oss repository but for that > the procedure is, branch actual 4.x version in server:security > update it, submit it back to server:security it will then move to > Factory and Tumbleweed, we can eventually even think about making > an update for Leap. > > We will always welcome contributions. > >
And I prefer to have contributors maintain distribution-specific packages rather than having them included in the releases from shorewall.net. - -Tom - -- Tom Eastep \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who Shoreline, \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like Washington, USA \ all of the passengers in his car http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJXcqz4AAoJEJbms/JCOk0Qst0P/1CxEZnfbPFyl38WjDqf4sGo V7Vl868mjRwMSSyJXcCRO/x+WljcMUrF3TWQvg9vCNte1AuRkY0SLTkck/S7OcyZ 32LEJY1Fv0sUuGzGx7XQZiwKE4As9/wa3a0O3ceu+BGDGWeaEdocp6EKyZ6dBXb1 1aosl6Kc0eeHyW65WUMaylFf9KFQVREVCM1crRtl0ahJTYu/rM0Nttj4MdvbXRpi /lZAzZRTB9TOnX3c5hNiAPo0k5A0lzKIsn7ih7zGBBcHSCzEQfpwK74AcA1jVxIR bnoR8uCejtaGU1XU4J+3oTqImBC3bRB0zI1rHNgdf4RXHo2thG+gbkPU2RAQY2TD V0bCPBNbWBKkoMSyLNWCJgaMecpnH1CVgM/RjoMHbFxA0WWH8Xnu+kHRkweRxDPk mN7YG6dxW1TjHBBzF/TgWGL0/w2X41l/NdS4kk+yVOV/jwRdOAHf1GE4bn/ONGo2 ZePfY+6rZ0YyJ9HRxbBr4Hp3CPao8ZKRUIH02IHOA+Dn3p/gDX1ah3gEKrFvCZD8 kCvuKbFVbEB09Sw0Zm7utUk+yS83cyDwvDMxDkPCGpgO3l+aGb+nPWEboCosx1e1 zk38wuI09imDk9GbyU1mli84sGPAFPJPEZ0okPEbs5v8n15zop1fy9rjEmdt1bw1 PjBfgUpQmFWhPQyW9CnZ =YZwx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Attend Shape: An AT&T Tech Expo July 15-16. Meet us at AT&T Park in San Francisco, CA to explore cutting-edge tech and listen to tech luminaries present their vision of the future. This family event has something for everyone, including kids. Get more information and register today. http://sdm.link/attshape _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users
