Upgrading FreeBSD to use the NEW pf syntax.

[Paul Webster]

I am not so sure there would be much more maintenance, after all after the  
split the only updates to the original 'pf-*' tree would be any serious  
security or stability updates that happen to crop up.

All feature updates etc would be to the pf2-*

On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 02:52:53 -0000, Maxim Khitrov <max at mxcrypt.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 9:23 PM, Paul Webster
> <paul.g.webster at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Good day all,
>>
>> I am aware this is a much discussed subject since the upgrade of PF, I
>> believe the final decision was that to many users are used to the old
>> style pf and an upgrade to the new syntax would cause to much confusion.
>>
>> There was a recent debate on ##freebsd about this issue and I was  
>> inclined
>> to mail in and get your opinions; basically it boiled down to the  
>> majority
>> of users wanting either:
>>
>> 1) To move to the newer pf and just add to releases notes what had
>> happened,
>> and
>> 2) my own personal opinion: creating 'pf2-*' as a kernel option tree,
>> basically using the newer pf syntax and allowing users to choose.
>>
>> I would be interested to know the feedback from you guys as to be honest
>> there seems to be quite a few users who actually DO want the new style
>> format and functionality that comes with.
>
> My vote is for option 1, but I'll also be happy with option 2 if it
> costs little to maintain both versions. I'm pretty much for anything
> that brings pf in sync (or close to it) with OpenBSD.
>
> - Max


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