Thank you! You not only answered my question but showed me how to answer similar questions in the future - much appreciated.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dimitri John Ledkov" <[email protected]> To: "Leroy Tennison" <[email protected]> Cc: "ubuntu-server" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2017 11:20:40 AM Subject: Re: Openswan on Ubuntu 16.04 On 25 October 2017 at 17:05, Leroy Tennison <[email protected]> wrote: > Was it dropped in favor of strongswan (can't find openswan on 16.04, used it > on 14.04)? I've searched the web but can't find anything about it. If it > was dropped, wondering why? Thank's, don't need a detailed explanation, > just confirmation it was dropped and maybe a brief "why". > * I went to https://pad.lv/u/openswan Which is a redirect to https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openswan * Top right corner View Full publishing history -> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openswan/+publishinghistory * Ctrl-F search for deleted and expand the entries, i.e. top one: Removal requested on 2014-07-04. Deleted on 2014-07-04 by Colin Watson (From Debian) RoQA; unmaintained, RC-buggy; Debian bug #736557 Published on 2014-04-23 Copied from debian sid in Primary Archive for Debian GNU/Linux * https://bugs.debian.org/736557 .... "Alternatives exist (e.g. strongswan)" * back to -> https://pad.lv/u/strongswan notice how it is available since at least precise 12.04 LTS in universe, and since 14.04 LTS in main. -- Regards, Dimitri. -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
