OpenSSH HPN

Slawa Olhovchenkov slw at zxy.spb.ru
Thu Nov 12 00:05:08 UTC 2015


On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 03:58:35PM -0800, Bryan Drewery wrote:

> > Some for as ports version?
> > Or ports version different?
> > Or port mantainer have more time (this is not to blame for DES)?
> > I am just don't know what is different between port ssh and base ssh.
> > We need ssh 6.x in base, not 7.x as in port (why?) and this is need
> > independed work on pathes?
> > I am missing somehow commonplace for others.
> > 
> 
> I am the ports maintainer. That was my opinion on why OpenSSH falls
> behind. There is no real difference between the base and port version
> except that the port version has some more optional patches, and is
> easier to push updates for through ports and packages, rather than an
> Errata through freebsd-update or a full release to get to the latest
> OpenSSH version.

This impact only to deploy, not to patch, right?
Or bugs found around NPH/NONE patches?

> There have been many times where the base version was more up-to-date
> than the port as well due to the lack of a maintainer or the previously
> mentioned patch blockers.


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