![]() "Edit2" here: If you think MySQL 5.7 was "better" for some reason and you don't agree with the end of support and/or the direction of newer versions, you should really address your complaints there and not at a project just porting/packaging what the upstreams provide. You will most likely find a few examples where it is indeed done in our ports tree (edit: I currently happen to know one, we have ffmpeg at version 6.x and also ffmpeg4 for consumers of the libs that aren't compatible with the newest version yet.)īut, again, this will certainly never happen to support EOL software. The OpenVPN client v3 is called OpenVPN Connect and is the latest generation of our software. It is still available from our website and offered in the OpenVPN Access Server client web interface itself. ![]() The OpenVPN client v2 is called OpenVPN Connect Client and has been in use for many years. Most Linux packaging frameworks support sub-packages which makes this a bit easier (a feature currently worked on for FreeBSD ports), but even without that, it's doable. It was replaced with the OpenVPN client v2. ![]() In general, if the upstream projects of shared libs do sane versioning, it's perfectly possible to have two major/ABI versions of the same lib installed at the same time, and if both are supported, there's no reason not to offer it. OpenVPN Community Resources How to install the OpenVPN GUI on Windows How to install the OpenVPN GUI on Windows. There's no point in even trying to provide packages of EOL software, unfixed security vulnerabilities get more likely quickly, and as a distributor of a port/package, you'll have your share of responsibility. ![]() MySQL 5.7 is EOL as well, so this isn't a good example either. ![]()
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