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From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Subject: Re: Patch-o-matic cleanup
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 10:38:04 +0200
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Stephen Jones wrote:
> Patrick McHardy wrote:
> 
>> - pptp-conntrack-nat: in mainline now, patches are missing critical
>>   fixes
> 
> Hi Patrick,
> 
> Is pptp-conntrack-nat functionality going to be included in the 2.4.x
> mainline also?  Otherwise, the patches still appear to be necessary for
> 2.4.x kernels.

No, 2.4 is in absolute stable mode. The pptp patches for 2.4 are missing
a number of important bugfixes, I wouldn't recommend using them in their
present form. We don't have the time to maintain old versions forever,
which is why we decided to remove this old stuff.