In message <a2450361-d9e9-498f-ad44-846563ef0...@yahoo.com>, Scott Long writes: > > On Apr 15, 2013, at 11:48 AM, Cy Schubert <cy.schub...@komquats.com> wrote: > > > In message <18df99b0-6e66-4906-a233-7778451b8...@felyko.com>, Rui Paulo > > writes: > >> 2013/04/15 9:55$B!"(BCy Schubert <cy.schub...@komquats.com> > >> $B$N%a%C%;!<%8 > (B: > >> > >>> I've been planning on taking on IP Filter for quite some time. > >>> Unfortunately I've left my src commit bit lapse (my ports commit bit is > >>> alive and well though) thus I'm looking for a mentor. In addition I'm > >>> working on an ACER WMI/ACPI kld. One mentor would be preferred but two > >>> would be fine too. > >> > >> What are your plans regarding ipfilter? I remain unconvinced that it shoul > d b > >> e in the base system. Perhaps you can work on it as a port? > > > > The initial plan was to import IP Filter 5.1.2 into HEAD. darrenr@ hadn't > > done much with IPF while employed with Sun. Since then there has been some > > development that is long overdue for HEAD. > > > > I'm not sure if I'd MFC it into 9 or not. > > > > I did consider a port but given it would has to touch bits and pieces of > > the source tree (/usr/src), a port would be messy and the decision was made > > > to work on importing it into base. > > > >> > >> Why do you want to work on something that people have been trying to remov > e s > >> ince 2005? > > > > I and others have been using it in FreeBSD for over decade. For the longest > > > of time we'd use a common set of rules across a FreeBSD and Solaris farm > > (using ipfmeta, makefiles, rsync, rdist, and a local CVS repo). > > Interoperability with other systems which use IP Filter is a plus. If > > there's a maintainer, it only makes FreeBSD richer. Losing IP Filter would > > be a loss. > > > > > If you're committed to maintaining IPFilter, that's great. However, it can't > be > left to stagger along in a zombie state with nothing more than good intentio > ns > from well meaning people. What is your timeline for getting it back into sha > pe > and re-integrating yourself into the committer community?
I would think this would be my top priority right now. I'd like to see it at the latest level in HEAD. I would like to MFC to 9-STABLE at some point. Given that IPF already lives in src/contrib and src/sys/contrib, would the change in License from Darren Reed's own not so BSD friendly IPF license to GPLv2 be of concern. I recall there was a lot of concern over IPF's license change at the time. (FreeBSD moved it to contrib while OpenBSD removed it completely and wrote PF -- I'm not sure what NetBSD did). -- Cheers, Cy Schubert <cy.schub...@komquats.com> FreeBSD UNIX: <c...@freebsd.org> Web: http://www.FreeBSD.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
