Reason for 2 branches krb5-1.4.x & krb5-1.5.x?

[Russ Allbery]

Tareq Alrashid <Tareq.Alrashid at case.edu> writes:

> I may have missed the memo re this question! :)  But, I just can't seem
> to find any information in my archives re this question.  For example is
> it that the 1.5.x version is so major and different, the reason why
> 1.4.x, will continue to be maintained as a seperate branch parallel to
> the 1.5.x branch? if this a RTFM type question, then great and so be
> it...

1.5 adds extensive plugin support that may require a bit of time to
stabilize.

> If current version in production is 1.3.6 on BSDi 4.3 (all latest
> security patched of course!)  Which version would be more practical and
> *transparent* to upgrade to?  considering we still have to provide
> support krb524.  My gut says 1.4.4, so...

At least right now, I'd recommend 1.4.4.  I expect that will probably
change in six months or so.

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Russ Allbery (rra at stanford.edu)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>