From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Patrick McHardy Subject: Re: iptables release Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:04:02 +0100 Message-ID: <474C6A22.9080202@trash.net> References: <474C4B67.3000200@trash.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Netfilter Core Team , Netfilter Development Mailinglist To: Jan Engelhardt Return-path: Received: from stinky.trash.net ([213.144.137.162]:41368 "EHLO stinky.trash.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757340AbXK0TEO (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:04:14 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: netfilter-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netfilter-devel.vger.kernel.org Jan Engelhardt wrote: > On Nov 27 2007 17:52, Patrick McHardy wrote: >> I have a large number of pending patches for iptables for new >> matches and targets. I'm not going apply patches for new things >> unless they are at least in a -rc kernel, so we have a chance to >> fix mistakes. So my question is whether we're ready to release >> the current iptables -rc anytime soon (before/when 2.6.24 is >> released) or whether we're more likely going to need until 2.6.25, >> in which case I would apply them now. >> >> Any opinions? > > Apply now, make an rc2 (maybe?), > apply more gems (coming), target 2.6.25, > be done :-) I'm aiming for one release per kernel release to get new stuff out in time for testing. Unfortunately we're already way behind, so I'd prefer an earlier release than 2.6.25. My feeling is that the current -rc works well, so if nobody is aware of any big issues, I think we should release the current version in a few weeks when 2.6.24 comes out.