[Openswan dev] Openswan-2.2.0 fails to compile on Linux-2.2.26
Nate Carlson
natecars at natecarlson.com
Sun Sep 19 20:42:28 CEST 2004
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004, Hugh Daniel wrote:
> So in keeping with testing all sorts of things I just tried to upgrade a
> production system running Linux 2.2.xx with the new Openswan 2.2.0. It
> failed. Well thats not too surprising.
>
> The big question is, does it matter? Does anyone care? So far none of
> our Xelerance customers care (where care == pay-to-fix) and no one from
> the community has even noticed (where noticed == submitted-a-fix). Is
> 2.2 support useful or needed?
Only place I can see it being useful is in embedded systems. If it's a
simple fix, and it won't be hard to maintain, I think it'd be a good idea;
otherwise, I'd recommend just announcing that it's no longer supported.
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