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Alan, I have asked Chad to ask out here. I have a stringent
business requirement to live within a patch channel that is being
maintained by SuSE. So while yes, we could compile the latest and
greatest, I have to balance that that against the workload and
management of a pile of other packages. Relying on the SuSE patch
channel solves a ton of issues for me as it relates to effort,
tracking security vulnerabilities, and compliance which all roll
into cost. I've got hundreds of RADIUS servers out in the field and
we rely on it heavily. We're very happy with freeradius. It works
very well however we have just found a product that is having some
issues we'd like to get to the root of. If it comes down to the
release that SuSE's package of it isn't a good one, then we'd talk
about internally upgrading freeradius or doing something else with
the product we are trying to manage. <br>
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At this point we have got this one product we need to see if we can
get working. If you are looking for more information or other
things you'd ask we do before posting to the list, we'd be happy to
comply but I cannot afford self-packaging freeradius at this point.
:(<br>
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>Alan DeKok wrote:<br>
><br>
> No, you're not. You can upgrade. The server comes with files
that<br>
>lets you build a Suse RPM.<br>
><br>
> There is *no technical reason* why you can't upgrade. The
only<br>
>reasons are politics, and personal choice. <br>
> Alan DeKok.<br>
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>Chad Lensert wrote:<br>
>> This is the version that is supplied with SuSE and needs
to be<br>
>> managed via their patch channel, so I am required to use
this version.<br>
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