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  • Time: Wednesday, February 8, 2023, at 13:00 CET (12:00 UTC)
  • Place: #openvpn-meeting channel on LiberaChat IRC network

Topics

Current Topics

Planning New Release of OpenVPN 2.6

  • Target release date around March 8th.

Press Release of 2.6

  • In progress, draft made, needs review from some community members.
  • Suggested to have the draft on cryptpad; novaflash will handle this post-meeting.

Build I005 of 2.6.0 Due to OpenSSL 3 Update?

  • No urgency observed, doesn't significantly affect OpenVPN2. Reconsideration possible.

Website Release Process Woes

  • Changes in company website team causing delays.
  • Proposed solution: repo access for certain community members to push updates, with automatic system for regular publishing.

Review DCO-for-Linux Release Status

  • Efforts to make control packets go through the transport socket.
  • TCP notification issues under heavy load to be retested after control channel improvements.

License Amendment for OpenVPN2

  • Necessary exception addition confirmed by legal expert.
  • Draft refined, pending community approval.

Status of PoC Using Gerrit for Code Review

  • Proof of concept online, aiming to replace patchwork and streamline reviews.
  • D12fk and uddr collaborating on integrating email list patches into Gerrit.

Feedback on 2.6 Release

  • Addressed boot failure issue on specific computer models.
  • Intermediate solution for SELinux policy by packaging for Fedora/Copr, pending wider distribution.

Topics on Standby

Forums Machine on Community Infrastructure

  • New forums system on Rocky Linux 8, pending approval from ecrist.

Windows Traybar Logos

Updating Supported Versions

  • Plan to mark version 2.4 as out of support by end of March.

OpenVPN 2.6 Performance Results

  • Consider publishing performance results post stable release of 2.6, after press release.

Management Interface Documentation Update

  • Update planned with info from doc/management-notes.txt.

Quickstart Guide Update on Community Website

  • Update to reflect deprecation of static-key and inclusion of peer-fingerprint info.

IPv6 to Community

  • No new updates.