From: Eivind Næss Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2023 22:26:09 +0000 (-0800) Subject: Initial update of README for the 2.5.0 release. Additional review + additions by... X-Git-Tag: ppp-2.5.0~14^2~3 X-Git-Url: https://git.ozlabs.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7ec1f3dd14f3bd5f11c5a11ce358a14f2678d80e;p=ppp.git Initial update of README for the 2.5.0 release. Additional review + additions by Paul Mackerras Signed-off-by: Eivind Næss --- diff --git a/README b/README index fc997f4..321eb2e 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -61,6 +61,37 @@ use any IP address. (This only applies where the peer is authenticating itself to you, of course.) +What's new in ppp-2.5.0. +************************ + +The 2.5.0 release is a major release of pppd which contains breaking +changes for third-party plugins, a complete revamp of the build-system +and that allows for flexibility of configuring features as needed. + +In Summary: +* Support for PEAP authentication by Eivind Næss and Rustam Kovhaev +* Support for loading PKCS12 certificate envelopes +* Adoption of GNU Autoconf / Automake build environment, by Eivind Næss + and others. +* Support for pkgconfig tool has been added by Eivind Næss. +* Bunch of fixes and cleanup to PPPoE and IPv6 support by Pali Rohár. +* Major revision to PPPD's Plugin API by Eivind Næss. + - Defines in which describes what features was included in pppd + - Function now prefixed with explicit ppp_* to indicate it's a + pppd functions being called. + - Header files was renamed to better align with their features + and use of proper include guards + - A pppdconf.h files is supplied to allow third-party use the same + feature defines pppd was compiled with. + - No extern declarations of internal variable names of pppd, + continued use of these extern variables are considered + unstable. +* Lots of internal fixes and cleanups for Radius and PPPoE by Jaco Kroon +* Dropped IPX support, as Linux 5.15 already have dropped support + for this protocol. +* Many more fixes and cleanups. + + What's new in ppp-2.4.9. ************************