Bug #157144: openvpn package version is too old

[Florin Andrei]

I opened bug #157144, feel free to add comments to it:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openvpn/+bug/157144


Bug description [edit]

Binary package hint: openvpn

Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy uses openvpn-2.0. That's an old version, last release 
was in Oct 2006

openvpn.net has openvpn-2.1_rc4, released on Apr 2007. This version is 
recommended by the OpenVPN community, see the mailing list archives. 
Other distributions, such as Fedora, use 2.1. It is stable enough for 
production. Additionally, it has many features which 2.0 does not 
provide, such as "topology subnet" - this creates compatibility problems 
when using Ubuntu as an OpenVPN client with other operating systems as 
servers which typically use 2.1.

Please upgrade the OpenVPN package in Ubuntu to the latest 2.1. Thank you.


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Florin Andrei

http://florin.myip.org/