Feedback about OpenWrt and Tinc version to be packaged.

[Anton Voyl]

Hello Saverio,

In my experience, tinc 1.0 and tinc 1.1 coexist, provided they are at compatible minor versions.

However, tinc for openwrt comes with wrapper scripts, which need to be adapted to accomodate diverging tinc 1.0 and 1.1 configuration variables.

I had given a shot a it (https://github.com/awiouy/openwrt-tinc-1.1, runs on my routers).

Incidentally, I was wondering whether the wrapper scripts are really pertinent, since they complicate both configuration and maintenance. Moreover, most how-tos I read configure tinc in /etc/tinc rather than in /etc/config.

You could maybe provide distinct packages, tinc and tinc-1.1, and let users decide which of them they install. This would also allow to rethink/rewrite the package, and not worry too much about migration from 1.0 to 1.1. What do you think?

Thank you for your attention, and regards,

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> Le 29 mai 2016 à 09:04, Saverio Proto <zioproto at gmail.com> a écrit :
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I received this pull request.
> 
> https://github.com/openwrt/packages/pull/2757/files
> 
> As I wrote in the comments I am not sure that is the way to go.
> 
> Packaging a  software for a distribution is not just about software
> development. There are operational issues to be addressed.
> A lot of people use the tinc package and they expect they configs to
> survive a package update. Also they expect the VPN to continue working
> even if they dont upgrade all the nodes at once.
> 
> AFAIK there is no official migration guidalines available on the tinc
> website for people running VPNs on 1.0.x to migrate to 1.1
> 
> Moreover the stable version is still 1.0.28 on the official tinc web site.
> 
> I dont want to impose my thinking and keep Tinc in OpenWRT at 1.0.x,
> so I am here to collect user feedback to take a better decision.
> 
> thank you
> 
> Saverio
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