As Shorewall reaches maturity, it seems unlikely that the pace of development typical of the past 9 years will be sustained. Over that time, major releases have occurred approximately once per year; the last major release (4.4) was in August 2009. I do not currently have an active 4.5 development branch so it is very unlikely that we will see a 4.6 release this year. Going forward, I would expect a new minor release every 2-3 months. These minor releases will be preceded by Beta and RC releases like we have been having since 4.4.6. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who Shoreline, \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like Washington, USA \ all of the passengers in his car http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev
Good Night ( at least in Brasil ... ;- )) ) I just do not have appropriate words to express how much Shorewall help my job and simplify my daily tasks ... For my level of use, the series 3 already Haas everything I need ... And I have been learning a lot just reading the posts ... Thanks Tom ... Fábio Rabelo 2010/3/8 Tom Eastep <teastep@shorewall.net>> As Shorewall reaches maturity, it seems unlikely that the pace of > development typical of the past 9 years will be sustained. Over that > time, major releases have occurred approximately once per year; the last > major release (4.4) was in August 2009. > > I do not currently have an active 4.5 development branch so it is very > unlikely that we will see a 4.6 release this year. > > Going forward, I would expect a new minor release every 2-3 months. > These minor releases will be preceded by Beta and RC releases like we > have been having since 4.4.6. > > -Tom > -- > Tom Eastep \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who > Shoreline, \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like > Washington, USA \ all of the passengers in his car > http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > Shorewall-users mailing list > Shorewall-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev
Hi Tom, I concur on Shorewall reaching maturity. Thanks for your sustained efforts to respond to the need for a open source firewall in the ever evolving linux world. Kind regards, Trent O''Callaghan Network Manager www.nearmap.com -----Original Message----- From: Tom Eastep [mailto:teastep@shorewall.net] Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 5:38 AM To: Shorewall Users; Shorewall Development Subject: [Shorewall-users] Shorewall Development Schedule As Shorewall reaches maturity, it seems unlikely that the pace of development typical of the past 9 years will be sustained. Over that time, major releases have occurred approximately once per year; the last major release (4.4) was in August 2009. I do not currently have an active 4.5 development branch so it is very unlikely that we will see a 4.6 release this year. Going forward, I would expect a new minor release every 2-3 months. These minor releases will be preceded by Beta and RC releases like we have been having since 4.4.6. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who Shoreline, \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like Washington, USA \ all of the passengers in his car http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev
I agree with Trent. Shorewall is a mature, well craft product that pretty well (if not does) supports everything that a user would want a firewall to do. I''m just not the person to do this (not being a programmer) but if there was thing I would like to see enhanced and that''s the plugin module for Shorewall on Webmin and possibly some "setup" documentation for a dummy like me! Nigel. -----Original Message----- From: Trent O''Callaghan [mailto:trent.ocallaghan@nearmap.com] Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 17:24 To: ''Shorewall Users'' Subject: Re: [Shorewall-users] Shorewall Development Schedule Hi Tom, I concur on Shorewall reaching maturity. Thanks for your sustained efforts to respond to the need for a open source firewall in the ever evolving linux world. Kind regards, Trent O''Callaghan Network Manager www.nearmap.com -----Original Message----- From: Tom Eastep [mailto:teastep@shorewall.net] Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 5:38 AM To: Shorewall Users; Shorewall Development Subject: [Shorewall-users] Shorewall Development Schedule As Shorewall reaches maturity, it seems unlikely that the pace of development typical of the past 9 years will be sustained. Over that time, major releases have occurred approximately once per year; the last major release (4.4) was in August 2009. I do not currently have an active 4.5 development branch so it is very unlikely that we will see a 4.6 release this year. Going forward, I would expect a new minor release every 2-3 months. These minor releases will be preceded by Beta and RC releases like we have been having since 4.4.6. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who Shoreline, \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like Washington, USA \ all of the passengers in his car http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list Shorewall-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev
Nigel Aves wrote:> I agree with Trent. > > Shorewall is a mature, well craft product that pretty well (if not does) > supports everything that a user would want a firewall to do. > > I''m just not the person to do this (not being a programmer) but if there was > thing I would like to see enhanced and that''s the plugin module for > Shorewall on Webmin and possibly some "setup" documentation for a dummy like > me!What kind of configuration should I provide setup information for? I think that writing additional documentation is a good use of my time if it helps users to configure Shorewall. Have you looked at http://www.shorewall.net/shorewall_setup_guide.htm? What other issues should it cover? Thanks! -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who Shoreline, \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like Washington, USA \ all of the passengers in his car http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev