On 06/24/2013 09:00 AM, A.L.M.Buxey@lboro.ac.uk wrote:
:-) I agree...but those with established 2.x servers and not much knowledge of how things work arent going to have a nice smooth upgrade - there is no 'upgrade tool' to help make the move. What is RedHst et als view of the new major release? will we see FR3 in RHEL 7 - or in 8 or 9? (look at the slow 1.x -> 2.x transitions in most distros)
FR 3.0 in RHEL 7 depends on when FR 3.0 is officially released. Obviously we won't package a non-released version. The cut off point for RHEL 7 packages is close (sorry I can't post internal milestones). If FR 3.0 is released soon we'll work to see it gets in RHEL 7. If it doesn't meet the deadline we'll probably have 2.2 in RHEL 7 initially as the freeradius package and then add freeradius3 packages during some future RHEL 7 update, but we really would prefer not having two freeradius packages in the same RHEL release like with did with RHEL 5. Also the hurdle to get a entire new set of packages (i.e. freeradius3) into RHEL is significant which may delay which update it appears in. The short story is getting FR 3.0 in RHEL 7 to start with is the path of least resistance. The downside of rushing it with a "not ready for prime time new version" is if it's really buggy we may have to drop it from the release altogether if it seem like there will be significant support costs due to immaturity. I'll have a conversation with management concerning this and try to follow up with more specifics. Have a proposed release date would be immensely helpful. John