Hello, In the most recent version of iptables, IPMARK and several other extensions were removed [1].
I disagree with this change, and contacted the maintainer about it by filing a bug report [2]. The maintainer declined to put the extensions back into the package, but provided no reason why, other than "I do not have to include any patch-o-matic extensions". A historical version of the README.Debian file included with iptables [3] (it's no longer included in current versions) states that as many extensions as possible will be included in the package. I think this is a great idea. A recent dicussion on the netfilter-devel mailing list [4] discussed the fact that the patch-o-matic system is undergoing/has undergone a change in structure, whereas the actual patches are hosted on third-party sites rather than on netfilter.org. I don't see why this would cause the extensions to be removed from the Debian package. Am I missing something here? Extensions such as IPMARK are stable and used by many in the community. I don't understand why they have been removed from Debian. I would like to see them put back into the mainstream so I don't have to maintain my own separate package. What do you think? Thanks. 1. http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/i/iptables/iptables_1.3.5.0debian1-1/changelog 2. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=392998 3. http://www.fifi.org/doc/iptables/README.Debian 4. http://patchwork.netfilter.org/netfilter-devel/patch.pl?id=3456 -- Aaron Dummer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
