[MacPorts] #32081: vpnc port is not up to date comparing to Linux

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#32081: vpnc port is not up to date comparing to Linux
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 Reporter:  ngrigoriev@…          |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  enhancement           |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports                 |     Version:  2.0.3                                
 Keywords:  cisco ios vpn         |        Port:  vpnc                                 
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Comment(by ngrigoriev@…):

 I was also puzzled by this patch...There are 6632 lines in there and most
 of it is actually the code. I was so excited by finally getting my VPN
 connection to work that I did not check the author's page carefully enough
 (http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~massar/vpnc/). Latest release was
 vpnc-0.5.3.tar.gz Wed Nov 19 21:29:22 CET 2008 but the _actual_ latest
 revision in SVN trunk is 473 (Sat, 12 Nov 2011)! So, after 0.5.3 nobody
 bothered making a stable release, I believe.

 Which creates a dilemma. From one point of view, the gap between latest
 release and current snapshot is 3 years and more than a hundred of code
 revisions. And I assure you that they do make difference :) However, I
 imagine that macports deal with stable releases only, so just taking a
 current snapshot to replace the original release may be against macports
 principles. I am not that familiar with macports to suggest an action :(
 Probably creating a separate port based on the current snapshot from
 vpnc's SVN (something like "vpnc-unstable") would be appropriate?

 Thanks

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/32081#comment:2>
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