Changes between Version 41 and Version 42 of StatusOfOpenvpn25


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Timestamp:
03/23/20 08:37:06 (4 years ago)
Author:
Samuli Seppänen
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  • StatusOfOpenvpn25

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    8282= Missing pieces from MSI =
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    84 Bundling OpenVPN as an MSI will require changes to several projects: openvpn, openvpnserv2, openvpn-build and tap-windows6. Right now those  changes are littered in throughout pull requests, patches and branches and very difficult to keep track of:
     84Bundling OpenVPN as an MSI will require changes to several projects: openvpn, openvpnserv2, openvpn-build and tap-windows6. Here's a list of the missing pieces (hopefully) in the order in which they should be merged:
    8585
     861. [https://patchwork.openvpn.net/project/openvpn2/list/?series=662 openvpn: the openvpnmsica and tapctl patch series]
    86871. [https://github.com/OpenVPN/tap-windows6/pull/106 tap-windows6: MSM packaging]
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     881. [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-build/pull/141 openvpn-build: Windows MSI packaging]
     891. [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-vagrant/pull/7 openvpn-vagrant: Add MSI build support]
     90 * Needs to be adapted to final upstream URLs before merging
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    89 I (mattock) propose we drop the following tap-windows6 PRs that change the **NSIS** installer:
     92== Dropping tap-windows6 NSI changes? ==
     93
     94I (mattock) propose we ''drop'' the following tap-windows6 PRs that change the **NSIS** installer:
    9095
    9196* [https://github.com/OpenVPN/tap-windows6/pull/98 installer: Refine the WoW64 decision logic]
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    95100Current OpenVPN / tap-windows6 NSIS installers are working well across all the platforms, so I'd prefer not to "rock the boat" by introducing changes unnecessarily. Also, I believe the above PRs were originally meant for OpenVPN 2.5, not for 2.4. And OpenVPN 2.5 does not need these PRs anymore now that we have [https://github.com/OpenVPN/tap-windows6/pull/106 MSM packaging] for tap-windows6. Even if we did decide that the above PRs make sense for 2.4, [wiki:SupportedVersions our support policy] says that 2.4 would move to "Old stable" in ~6 months after 2.5.0, after which we would not provide any Windows installers. So the gain for 2.4. would be rather small, maybe for one or two 2.4.x releases at most.
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    97 This section attempts to list all those pieces and track their status.