Re: [iptables PATCH] xshared: Accept an option if any given command allows it

[Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>]

On Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 10:04:09AM +1000, Adam Nielsen wrote:
> > > Hopefully it won't be too long until the next release, given the last
> > > one looks to have been a couple of years...  
> > 
> > Something between 6-12 months?
> > 
> > v1.8.11: Wed Nov  6 11:47:59 2024 +0100
> > v1.8.10: Tue Oct 10 11:20:12 2023 +0200
> > v1.8.9:  Tue Jan 10 17:46:43 2023 +0100
> > v1.8.8:  Fri May 13 15:26:12 2022 +0200
> > 
> > There's no rule though, we tend to release whenever there's "enough"
> > pending work. Right now we're just 14 commits in, I'd say we keep
> > collecting a bit more. :)
> 
> Fair enough.  I think the previous release sat in my distro's repos for
> around 18 months before we got 1.18.11, so I was hoping I wouldn't have
> to wait that long again before 1.18.12 comes along and gets my
> bandwidth monitoring scripts working again!

Which distribution are you using?

> I'll probably do a custom package with the git version, then I can get
> things going once more without hassling you for more frequent
> releases :)

Can't you file a ticket in downstream bug tracker and request a
backport? They probably also want commit 40406dbfaefbc ("nft: fix
interface comparisons in `-C` commands").

Cheers, Phil