On 10/11/2015 8:42 PM, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > Some of you may have noticed that OpenSSH in base is lagging far behind > the upstream code. > > The main reason for this is the burden of maintaining the HPN patches. > They are extensive, very intrusive, and touch parts of the OpenSSH code > that change significantly in every release. Since they are not > regularly updated, I have to choose between trying to resolve the > conflicts myself (hoping I don't break anything) or waiting for them to > catch up and then figuring out how to apply the new version. > > Therefore, I would like to remove the HPN patches from base and refer > anyone who really needs them to the openssh-portable port, which has > them as a default option. I would also like to remove the NONE cipher > patch, which is also available in the port (off by default, just like in > base). > > DES >
I for one, support our new consistent-with-upstream, improved-productivity and lower-risk-for-regressions-in-base overlords. ./koobs _______________________________________________ freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
