Version 1.1.1 has been released

[Guy Fraser]

On Wed, 2006-22-03 at 08:22 +0100, Stefan Winter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > I understand that this change is what you want, but there MAY be
> > someone depending on the existing behaviour.  This change will then
> > surely break their current working configuration.  They can of course
> > fix it by reconfiguring the server, taking this change into
> > consideration, but that is NOT the way to do a stable release cycle.
> 
> My explanation was intended only to explain why packet handling gets a tiny 
> little bit faster. But you are right, there is a very minimal impact:
> normal packets (with User-Name) are always passed through hints, this is 
> unchanged. So, the only new behaviour is that packets without User-Name 
> attribute are also passed through hints, which indeed is new.
> However, it would only break an existing configuration iff someone relies on 
> the fact that his Accounting-On-Off packets are ignored in the hints run.
> I don't want to judge on that, but it sure sounds odd if your configuration 
> relies on that.
> 
> The patch would add consistency where it wasn't before, which is a very good 
> thing IMHO. But I also see your concerns.
> 
> Stefan
The problem I mentioned, when this was brought up, was that the 
intention for doing this was to use hints for something it was not 
meant for.

I think it would be better to use hints as a template for a new 
module that does specifically what you want. If someone wants 
the functions the new module is designed for, they can configure 
it in pre-processing or where ever it is required.

I don't use hints anymore, but other users who are not privy to 
the developers list may.