Bug#374342: [pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#374342: Needs more testing

Kel Modderman kelrin at tpg.com.au
Wed Jun 21 11:12:22 UTC 2006


Hi Reinhard

I am fine if you feel that this package needs more testing for a while, 
however, I would like to point out what small problems occur if we roll 
back to the 0.4 series of wpa_supplicant upstream:

    * non-backwards compatible wpa_supplicant.conf options may disrupt
      the end users configuration, causing wpa_supplicant to fail when
      parsing the file
    * we can offer a self-contained roaming solution with the 0.5
      series, that may fill the void for users of the old init style
      roaming (even Felix!)
    * 0.5 series contains some patches to enhance operation with some driver

Madwifi will eventually propagate to testing, and the wpa_supplicant 
version in same archive will not support it.

Also, there have been no bug reports since last upload indicating large 
problems with functionality. (I realise it is still early days)

You may be able to refute my minor points of discussion for *not* 
freezing propagation with a strong argument *to* freeze it, so I will 
wait patiently for that :-)

I am confident that the 0.5 series will be tagged as "stable" by Jouni 
before the time that Etch is released (quite a few months away yet, 
iirc), therefore, I'd like to concentrate more on testing and developing 
infrastructure around 0.5 before that time comes.

Thanks, Kel.




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