Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:43:20 -0700 From: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@FreeBSD.org> To: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org, net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer Message-ID: <7D8ACD5C-821D-4505-82E4-02267A7BA4F8@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20130411201805.GD76816@FreeBSD.org> References: <20130411201805.GD76816@FreeBSD.org>
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On 2013/04/11, at 13:18, Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > Lack of maintainer in a near future would lead to bitrot due to = changes > in other areas of network stack, kernel APIs, etc. This already = happens, > many changes during 10.0-CURRENT cycle were only compile tested wrt > ipfilter. If we fail to find maintainer, then a correct decision would = be > to remove ipfilter(4) from the base system before 10.0-RELEASE. This has been discussed in the past. Every time someone came up and said = "I'm still using ipfilter!" and the idea to remove it dies with it.=20 I've been saying we should remove it for 4 years now. Not only it's = outdated but it also doesn't not fit well in the FreeBSD roadmap. Then = there's the question of maintainability. We gave the author a commit bit = so that he could maintain it. That doesn't happen anymore and it sounds = like he has since moved away from FreeBSD. I cannot find any reason to = burden another FreeBSD developer with maintaining ipfilter. -- Rui Paulo
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