Changes between Version 50 and Version 51 of OpenvpnSoftwareRepos

Timestamp:

05/16/23 13:01:47 (4 months ago)

Author:

flichtenheld

Comment:

Reword the Copr section to give a more current picture

OpenvpnSoftwareRepos

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 = CentOS / Fedora /  Red Hat Enterprise Linux =
 
-There are two alternatives here for OpenVPN packages.  Fedora carries are resonably up-to-date release in the main repositories.  For CentOS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) the [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL Fedora EPEL] repositories which contains the last OpenVPN releases when the distribution was released.  All of these packages are considered to be stable for enterprise usage and will essentially just get bug and security fixes during the lifetime of the distribution.  OpenVPN major releases will only be added to the next Fedora release.
+There are two alternatives here for OpenVPN packages.  Fedora carries are reasonably up-to-date release in the main repositories.  For CentOS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) the [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL Fedora EPEL] repositories which contains the last OpenVPN releases when the distribution was released.  All of these packages are considered to be stable for enterprise usage and will essentially just get bug and security fixes during the lifetime of the distribution.  OpenVPN major releases will only be added to the next Fedora release.
 
 To get newer releases than the main Fedora and EPEL repositories provides, consider using the OpenVPN packages from the Fedora Copr repository.  The Copr repository will always have the latest OpenVPN releases available.
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 == Using Fedora Copr ==
 
-There are 3 different Fedora Copr repositories available for OpenVPN.  [https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/dsommers/openvpn-release/ openvpn-release] which contains the latest OpenVPN stable release.  Minor releases of the latest stable release will also be published in this repository.  [https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/dsommers/openvpn-beta/ openvpn-beta] which contains only the latest beta and release candidates.  When a release candidate is moved to stable, it is moved over to the **openvpn-release** repository.  The last repository is [https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/dsommers/openvpn-git openvpn-git] which contains semi-regular builds of the latest develop code base.  These development builds are not meant for production but is valuable for testing new features.
-
 CentOS/RHEL users: Ensure you have the `yum-plugin-copr` package installed (can be installed via `yum`).
 
 Then run these commands:
 {{{
+    [root@host:~]# yum copr enable dsommers/openvpn-release-2.6   # for OpenVPN 2.6 releases
     [root@host:~]# yum copr enable dsommers/openvpn-release       # for OpenVPN 2.5 releases
-    [root@host:~]# yum copr enable dsommers/openvpn-release-2.6   # for OpenVPN 2.6 releases
     ...
     [root@host:~]# yum install openvpn
 }}}
+
+The [https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/dsommers/openvpn-release-2.6/ dsommers/openvpn-release-2.6 Copr repository] currently contains the latest stable OpenVPN release.
+
+The [https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/dsommers/openvpn-release/ dsommers/openvpn-release Copr repository] contains the latest 2.5.x OpenVPN release.  For new installations it is recommended to use the 2.6.x release, 2.5.x releases are only provided for a short period to give users some time to migrate to 2.6. For details see SupportedVersions.
 
 To test OpenVPN beta releases, the [https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/dsommers/openvpn-beta/ dsommers/openvpn-beta Copr repository] contains builds for all recent Fedora, Red hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS/CentOS Stream releases.