From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jan Engelhardt Subject: Re: iptables release Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:49:33 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: References: <474C4B67.3000200@trash.net> <474C6A22.9080202@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]:39160 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752891AbXK1Rte (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:49:34 -0500 In-Reply-To: <474C6A22.9080202@trash.net> Sender: netfilter-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netfilter-devel.vger.kernel.org On Nov 27 2007 20:04, Patrick McHardy wrote: > 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. > I have pushed out (as patches) everything I wanted to, so it is now up to you what to cherry-pick. The autoconf one might get a little last tweaking once the .*-test situation is clear. I'd just import ipt_condition.h and so to fix it.