# Basic info - **Time**: Wednesday 28 December 2022 at 13:00 CET (12:00 UTC) - **Place**: #openvpn-meeting channel on LiberaChat IRC network # Topics ## Current topics - **2.6 release plans** 'We will do an OpenVPN 2.6 rc1 release. We have decided that we should do a release on the 28th of December.' - **Status of current bugs?** 'The crashbug with TCP seems to be solved. There are notification issues regarding status of client connected or not between 2.6 and kernel module. **Must solve before Jan 15th:** Seems DCO is not sending a signal to user space when a TCP client disconnects or gets connection reset. This is a task for ordex.' - **2.6 MSVC toolchain, update to VS 2022? Windows Server 2022?** 'This has been done and will be part of OpenVPN 2.6 rc1 release.' - **OpenVPN2 build environment and improving it.** 'djpig is currently working on this. The company has decided to prioritize this task. Code signing key was moved to an HSM system for increased security. djpig overhauled openvpn-build, it now uses submodules for openvpn and openvpn-gui, and contains debian packaging scripts. Further improvements to the build process are underway.' - **OpenVPN 2.6 performance results.** 'Now that we have a beta out, and soon an rc1, we want to have an article on main site and press release about performance results.' ## Topics on standby - **Forums machine on community infrastructure is only non-Linux system.** 'mattock made a new forums system that runs on rocky linux 8 as agreed with ecrist. Currently waiting for ecrist to test if he has access and all is well before we're able to make the switch.' - **License amendment for OpenVPN2 to accommodate mbedtls.** 'plaisthos made a first draft. plaisthos asked to get novaflash to ask francis and james to sign off on it. In the meantime, we need to compile a list of contributors and get ready to ask them to accept the changes. novaflash will pick this up again now that he is back.' - **Management interface documentation on main website will be updated with info from doc/management-notes.txt** 'novaflash will pick this up again now that he is back.' - **[OpenVPN Quickstart Guide Update](https://www-dev.openvpn.in/community-resources/openvpn-quickstart/)** 'Static-key will be deprecated and contents updated with peer-fingerprint stuff. novaflash will pick this up again now that he is back.' - **As discussed in Hackathon, we want to do a PoC with using Gerrit for code review.** 'This requires an environment to be set up and tuned. This is postponed until after 2.6 stable release.' - **IPv6 to community.** 'No new information to report.'