Meeting summary for 17 April 2024:
* *New: updated 2.6.10 with new MSI installers*
/There is a new Windows DCO driver that should handle coming back
from hibernation better/faster, as it doesn't wait for keepalive
timeout after hibernation./
* *New: --topology directive*
/We changed the default for this to be 'subnet' as this is the most
commonly used setup and has been for ages (used to be net30)./
/This is however breaking things by default for peer to peer setups.
We could limit the change to just --server mode./
/djpig will propose a patch and it can be discussed further there./
* *Closed: live route update feature*
/In short, the ability to update routes, DNS, ifconfig options,
live, without having to do a full reconnect./
/After discussing last week seems like a path forward is clear./
* *Updated: Security mailing list procedure can stand improvement*
/company will improve process on picking up tasks from security
mailing list in the next week or so./
/The idea being that community guys will continue doing their thing
as usual, and company guys monitor the list for company related
items and follow up on those./
/The idea of an NDA is also revived. But it was made clear
internally that we need like a one-page simple NDA for community
members, not the unnecessarily restrictive one originally suggested
by legal guys./
* *Updated: DCO and Linux upstreaming, API change*/
/Upstreaming DCO to Linux is proceeding, it is in review stage at
the moment./
/ordex will send a patchset v3 based on feedback received today./
/There will be an API change that makes it incompatible with the
current implementation./
/A graceful solution to that was already discussed and in motion.
giaan will be working on this./
/(in a nutshell, make OpenVPN understand old and new API, DKMS and
kernel versions both will then use new API, then we drop old API)//
* *Updated: donation collection*
/From earlier exploration it is clear that setting up a legal entity
is not worth the expense at this point. We're just starting out with
donations./
/What we can do is start out with an existing company that can
collect the money and puts it to good community use. ordex
volunteers to take this on./
/There are some options to consider. There may be existing solutions
that we want to consider./
/PayPal? <https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/PayPal>seems
overly expensive with all their fees./
/Stripe could be worth considering for credit card processing./
/GitHub? <https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/GitHub>Sponsors
was mentioned as a possible solution, this is worth investigating./
/Open Collective was also mentioned, that needs some investigating
how that exactly would work for us./
* *Updated: forums topics*
/ecrist still working on forums. waiting on ecrist to move things
around./
/Plan is to soon switch URLs so new forum is on forums.openvpn.net
and old forums is on archive address./
/- email confirmation on registration was suggested./
/- mod guide, hard or soft delete (chuck board?), what to do with
GDPR, etc. (write it down and actually make it available to mods,
maybe a hidden topic)/
/- access for mods to logs so one can see what others did/
* *Updated: mattock topics*
/Managed to make tests run reliably now, the occassional failures
seem resolved now./
/Documentation
here:https://github.com/mattock/openvpn/blob/dev_null/doc/dev-null-test-suite.rst
<https://github.com/mattock/openvpn/blob/dev_null/doc/dev-null-test-suite.rst>/
/Will submit a patch soon./
As always you're welcome to join at #openvpn-meeting on Libera IRC
network every Wednesday at 13:00 Central European Time.
Kind regards,
Johan Draaisma
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