On Monday 19 October 2015 10:20:23 sam...@openvpn.net wrote: > > > I'm thinking it might make sense to create a dedicated Windows team > > > that could share the burden of Windows issues amongst themselves, > > > without any one person gettings tagged the "Windows guy". > > > > Judging from the review the Windows patches received I think this might be > > an too ambitious goal. Obviously not many care besides the regulars who > > make a > > Anyways, not many seemed to care about about easy-rsa before it became a > separate project in GitHub. Now we have easy-rsa 3 by pekster and ecrist. > Similarly for openvpn-build we have/had Alon, pekster, me and syzzer. I'm > sure more examples could be found from other projects. > > I'm also not speaking primarily of Windows patches, but also all the other > stuff such as debugging, user support, ticket review, packaging, etc.
Ok, I think here is the main misunderstanding. My understanding was that you want a Windows development team. That I think would be counter productive. For the other topics I do not have a opinion. > > > am working on a replacement for openvpnserv.exe. > > > > Please consider reviewing and improving the interactive service patch > > instead of duplicating work. > > Are you saying that the interactive service also doubles as a Windows system > service? If so, can it be configured to autostart selected openvpn > connections on boot and restart them if they crash/stop? No, and I do not think that the service should take care of that. That's rather things that can be handled by the GUI. > Now, can anyone provide proof that having a Windows team would actually > _hurt_ the project? If not, what does it matter if it fails? We could just > scrap the idea retroactively. Hehe nice turn demanding proof, that'll shut up ppl. =) Heiko Sophos Technology GmbH, Amalienbadstraẞe 41/Bau 52, D-76227 Karlsruhe, Deutschland Tel +49 (0)721 25516 0 Fax +49 (0)721 25516 200 E-Mail i...@sophos.de www.sophos.de Sitz der Gesellschaft: Karlsruhe, Amtsgericht Mannheim HRB 712658 Geschäftsführer: Nicholas Bray, Pino von Kienlin, Wolfgang Hilpert, Jennifer Onslow. Sophos GmbH, Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 1, 65189 Wiesbaden, Deutschland Tel +49 (0) 611 5858-0 Fax +49 (0) 611 5858-1042 E-Mail i...@sophos.de www.sophos.de Sitz der Gesellschaft: Wiesbaden, Amtsgericht Wiesbaden HRB 25915 Geschäftsführer: Nicholas Bray, Wolfgang Hilpert, Pino von Kienlin, Jennifer Onslow
