Re: Some packages in need of updates

[Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>]

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Hello Adolf,

I think we should remain on the stable branch.

Not being sure what the changes are, I cannot imagine that we would need anything that is bleeding edge and fcron works just fine for us at the moment.

Best,
-Michael

> On 25 Nov 2022, at 11:34, Adolf Belka <adolf.belka(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Peter et al,
> 
> In the first list you mentioned an update for fcron.
> 
> The current version of fcron in IPFire is 3.2.1 which is the most up to date version from the Stable branch.
> 
> There are versions 3.3.0 from Aug 2016 and 3.3.1 from Dec 2021 which are part of the Development branch.
> 
> I would just like to have it confirmed that it is the latest Dev Branch version (3.3.1) that is being looked at for the update.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Adolf.
> 
> On 18/11/2022 16:38, Peter Müller wrote:
>> Hello *,
>> 
>> to add some packages to the initially posted list:
>> - bash
>> - libassuan
>> - libpipeline
>> - libuv
>> - libxcrypt
>> - OpenVPN
>> - pcmciautils
>> - qemu & qemu-ga
>> - readline
>> - sed
>> - swig
>> - usbutils
>> - xz
>> 
>> I am happy to take care of some of them, should the contributors typically doing
>> package updates (Adolf and Matthias) experience capacity issues. Just drop me a line. :-)
>> 
>> As for Core Update 172, it will be kept open until November 23, to await the outcome
>> of Mozilla's ultimate to TrustCor Systems (and to pick up changes to their root CA
>> store as quickly as possible).
>> 
>> Thanks, and best regards,
>> Peter Müller
>> 
>> 
>>> Hello list,
>>> 
>>> above all, apologies for being rather quiet recently. Yes, you guessed it, this is due to
>>> ${dayjob} and non-IPFire-related todo lists, ever-growing as they are. :-/
>>> 
>>> Since we currently have plenty of space left for upcoming Core Update 172, it would be great
>>> if someone could take care of the following packages, which all seem to be in need of an
>>> update:
>>> - bird
>>> - curl
>>> - dehydrated
>>> - expat
>>> - fcron
>>> - libedit
>>> - libpng
>>> - libxml2 ?
>>> - libvirt
>>> - ncat
>>> - nginx
>>> - nmap
>>> - OpenSSL
>>> - sudo
>>> - zlib
>>> 
>>> Please ensure to update the date in the copyright header, to make it more obvious which LFS
>>> files have already collected some dust and which have not. :-) As always, your packaging efforts
>>> and sniffing for updates is highly appreciated - many, many thanks.
>>> 
>>> On that note, I screwed up the update of strongSwan 5.9.8, which I will take care of in due
>>> course. Right now, the only thing scheduled for Core Update 172 on my end is to replace the
>>> custom generation of Diffie-Hellman parameters in OpenVPN with those recommended by RFC 7919.
>>> 
>>> Thank you in advance, and best regards,
>>> Peter Müller