Netfilter extensions howto

Netfilter extensions howto

[William Stearns]

Good day, Fabrice, Harald,
	A few questions about the extensions howto, if I may.

	Fabrice, are you still the maintainer?  Should contributions go
through you, to the netfilter-devel list, or to webmaster@netfilter.org?
	Is the form I used for 1.31 acceptable, or do I need to supply 
cleanups?
	If I contribute longer stuff like the u32 that I recently 
submitted, should that get its own section, or would you like everything 
together (all "new netfilter matches" in section 3)?
	Cheers,
	- Bill

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Re: Netfilter extensions howto

[Fabrice MARIE]

Hello,

On Sunday 23 November 2003 03:00, William Stearns wrote:
> Good day, Fabrice, Harald,
> A few questions about the extensions howto, if I may.
> Fabrice, are you still the maintainer? 

Yes I am still the maintainer. I didn't find much time
to compile by myself the missing extensions though.
Of course, if you send me a patch, I'll be happy to apply it
to enhance this HOWTO.

> Should contributions go through you, to the netfilter-devel list,
> or to webmaster@netfilter.org? 

I think it's better if you don't disturb the core-team with these,
as they are busy with real code :) You can send it to me and
CC the devel list so that interested people can see it as well.
Then I'll apply it right away.

> Is the form I used for 1.31 acceptable, or do I need to supply
> cleanups?

The form you used in the past is the correct one. As all the rest
is written in this form as well.

> If I contribute longer stuff like the u32 that I recently
> submitted, should that get its own section, or would you like everything
> together (all "new netfilter matches" in section 3)?

If your patch is using the same form as the last one you sent
me for section 3.11, then just send the patch and I'll apply
it (and most probably translate it to French and apply that version
as well).

Thanks for your help,

Have a nice day,

Fabrice.
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Fabrice MARIE

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Re: Netfilter extensions howto

[William Stearns]

Good evening, Fabrice,
[Harald snipped so he can focus on code.  :-)]

On Sun, 23 Nov 2003, Fabrice MARIE wrote:

> On Sunday 23 November 2003 03:00, William Stearns wrote:
> > A few questions about the extensions howto, if I may.
> > Fabrice, are you still the maintainer? 
> 
> Yes I am still the maintainer. I didn't find much time
> to compile by myself the missing extensions though.

	Completely understood.

> Of course, if you send me a patch, I'll be happy to apply it
> to enhance this HOWTO.

	Perfect!

> Thanks for your help,

	Merci pour votre howto!  *smile*
	Cheers,
	- Bill

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Re: Netfilter extensions howto

[Harald Welte]

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On Sun, Nov 23, 2003 at 12:36:43PM +0800, Fabrice MARIE wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> On Sunday 23 November 2003 03:00, William Stearns wrote:
> > Good day, Fabrice, Harald,
> > A few questions about the extensions howto, if I may.
> > Fabrice, are you still the maintainer? 
> 
> Yes I am still the maintainer. I didn't find much time
> to compile by myself the missing extensions though.
> Of course, if you send me a patch, I'll be happy to apply it
> to enhance this HOWTO.
> 
> > Should contributions go through you, to the netfilter-devel list,
> > or to webmaster@netfilter.org? 
> 
> I think it's better if you don't disturb the core-team with these,
> as they are busy with real code :) You can send it to me and
> CC the devel list so that interested people can see it as well.
> Then I'll apply it right away.

JFYI: I've already applied the u32 patch

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- Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org>             http://www.netfilter.org/
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