long term maintenance of pf in FreeBSD (AKA where's pf 4.7?)

[harold barker]

I like and use PF on FreeBSD.  I would greatly appreciate someone committing to more then a wham bam thank you madam port.  I am willing to put some money in the pot.

 
On Jan 12, 2011, at 21:51, The Anarcat wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> I have digged into the archive after reading in the handbook that pf is
> stuck at OpenBSD's 4.1 version, which is now quite old (may 2007).
> 
> I have found this thread mentionning testing required for a patch:
> 
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-pf/2010-October/005842.html
> 
> ... it then seemed the patch had some issues:
> 
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-pf/2010-October/005860.html
> 
> Others have raised a similar issue about backporting 4.7 into FreeBSD:
> 
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-pf/2010-October/005862.html
> 
> For context, OpenBSD 4.7 (may 2010) is the last significant release
> including changes in pf:
> 
> http://openbsd.org/47.html#new
> 
> So my question is: what's the plan? Is anybody actively maintaining pf
> in FreeBSD at this point?
> 
> Is it because the backporting process is painful that it's not being
> done regularly?
> 
> Or is it only because of the lack of testers?
> 
> A.
> 
> PS: I ask because we're considering switching our routers from OpenBSD
> to FreeBSD to ease maintenance (yay freebsd-update) but the outdated pf
> version is a serious hindrance as we're looking at using the new
> 'sloppy' state tracking mecanisms
> 
> PPS: please CC, i'm not on the list (yet?)
> 
> -- 
> Antoine Beaupré
> Réseau Koumbit Networks
> +1.514.387.6262