= '''''[DRAFT]''''' Community Supported OpenVPN Versions =

** This page contains preliminary information, do not trust anything you read here (yet)! **

OpenVPN have a various levels of upstream support, categorized by release types.

||='''Release type'''=||='''Versioned release'''=||='''git updates'''=||='''source tarball release'''=||='''Windows binaries'''=||='''Other repositories'''=||='''Support level'''=||='''Support life cycle'''||
||Under development ("bleeding edge") ||  no  ||  yes  ||  no  ||  no  ||  no  || N/A || N/A ||
||Full stable support ||  yes  ||  yes  ||  yes  ||  yes  ||  yes  || Full security and bug fix support || Always supported ||
||Old stable support ||  yes  ||  yes  ||  yes  ||  no  ||  no  || Security and critical bug fix support || Minimum 12 months ||
||git tree only ||  no  ||  yes  ||  no  ||  no  ||  no  ||  Critical security updates only || Minimum 12 months ||
||Unsupported ||  no  ||  no  ||  no  ||  no  ||  no  || No updates provided  || No support, upgrade to a newer release ASAP  ||

The current stable release will always be in the ''Full stable support'' release type.  For each new major release, the previous major release will be fully supported as well for at least 6 months before being re-classified to ''Old stable support''.   Once a new major release arrives, the current stable release is considered to be an old stable release.  The old stable releases will only receive security and critical bug fixes only for ''at least'' 6 months after the new stable release.  Releases classified under the ''Old stable support'' will be there for at least 12 month before being re-classified to ''git tree only''.  The ''git tree only'' release type will also get updates for at least 12 months, but each security incident is evaluated independently.


== Current releases and support categorization ==
||= '''Version''' =||||||='''First / last release'''=||= '''Release type''' =||= '''Notes''' =||
|| git master ||||||  N/A  || Under development || [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commits/master Development branch], will become a future major release  ||
|| 2.4.0 - 2.4.4 || Dec 26, 2016 ||-|| Sep 25, 2017 || Full support || Current stable release ||
|| 2.3.0 - 2.3.18 || Jan 2, 2013 ||-|| Sep 25, 2017 || Full support || v2.3.19 will be the last binary release before moving to ''Old stable support'' ||
|| 2.2.0 - 2.2.3 || Apr 21, 2011 ||-|| Nov 30, 2014 || git tree only || [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commits/release/2.2 release/2.2 branch], last updated Sep 22, 2017 ||
|| 2.1.0 - 2.1.4 || Dec 11, 2009 ||-|| Nov 4, 2010  || git tree only || [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commits/release/2.1 release/2.1 branch], last updated Sep 22, 2017 ||

== Supported Windows versions ==

||='''Windows version'''=||='''Latest OpenVPN release'''=||='''Release type'''=||='''Notes'''=||
|| Windows 10/8/8.1/7/Vista || 2.4.4 || Full stable support || ||
|| Windows XP || 2.3.18 || Full stable support || Will be moved to ''old stable support'' with the v2.3.19 release ||
|| Windows 2000/98/95 || 2.2.3 || Unsupported || These Windows versions are considered to be irresponsible to be used for VPNs ||


== Sources for binary packages: ==
* [wiki:OpenvpnSoftwareRepos Debian/Ubuntu]
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS/Scientific Linux is available via [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL Fedora EPEL repositories]
* [https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/downloads.html Windows]