From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pablo Neira Ayuso Subject: Re: next iptables release Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:10:23 +0100 Message-ID: <49C2443F.9080208@netfilter.org> References: <49C202EA.40006@trash.net> <49C23FD6.6010503@netfilter.org> <49C240DA.2070006@trash.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Netfilter Development Mailinglist To: Patrick McHardy Return-path: Received: from mail.us.es ([193.147.175.20]:59884 "EHLO us.es" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752461AbZCSNKw (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:10:52 -0400 In-Reply-To: <49C240DA.2070006@trash.net> Sender: netfilter-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Patrick McHardy wrote: > Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote: >> Patrick McHardy wrote: >>> I've planned to release the next iptables version sometime (late) >>> this weekend. We've had quite a lot of changes since the last >>> version, please test the latest version from git and report any >>> issues. >>> >>> Thanks! >> >> Great :). BTW, I'm finishing the cluster match manpage, I'll be done >> tonight, I'd like to see it in this iptables release (even if the >> feature is expected to appear in 2.6.30). > > I have to ask .. why? :) > > Besides potentially confusing people (why doesn't it work despite me > doing everything the manpage says), what are the advantages of including > the manpage before the actual implementation? I planned to distribute the kernel module separately until 2.6.30 arrives, add a page to conntrack-tools.netfilter.org, document this in the conntrack-tools manual [1] to describe the active-active setup, and so on. Basically, my motivation is to get some feedback from people as soon as possible without waiting the whole kernel cycle release. I know that this seems something exceptional and it may confuse people. Another choice is to keep it in pom-ng in the meantime, or perhaps simply be a little bit patient :). [1] http://conntrack-tools.netfilter.org/manual.html -- "Los honestos son inadaptados sociales" -- Les Luthiers