From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jan Engelhardt Subject: Re: iptables release Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:57:04 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: References: <474C4B67.3000200@trash.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Netfilter Core Team , Netfilter Development Mailinglist To: Patrick McHardy Return-path: Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:51469 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758077AbXK0S5G (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:57:06 -0500 In-Reply-To: <474C4B67.3000200@trash.net> Sender: netfilter-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netfilter-devel.vger.kernel.org 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 :-)