Hello again,

On Wed, 12 Jul 2017, KatolaZ wrote:

> [cut]
>
>> ... $ apt-cache policy openvpn
>> openvpn:
>> Installed: (none)
>> Candidate: 2.3.4-5+deb8u2
>> Version table:
>> 2.4.0-6+deb9u1~bpo8+1 0
>> 100 http://auto.mirror.devuan.org/merged/ jessie-backports/main ...
>> 2.3.4-5+deb8u2 0
>> 500 http://auto.mirror.devuan.org/merged/ jessie-security/main ...
>> 2.3.4-5+deb8u1 0
>> 500 http://auto.mirror.devuan.org/merged/ jessie/main ...
>>
>> Assuming I want to put OpenVPN in Devuan jessie, how do I choose from
>> the offered packages (i.e. "what are the decision making processes?",
>> not "what is the answer?"). I'm guessing that my next step will be
>

> ... to have your de-systemd-ised package in jessie, at this point
> you should build for jessie-proposed-updates. This means that you
> should get the latest available version in Jessie (in this case it
> might be 2.3.4-5+deb8u2) and prepare a "jessie-proposed-updates"
> branch.

Not "jessie-proposed"? That's what I did when following the doc.

> BTW, there is already a project for openvpn under devuan-packages:
>
> https://git.devuan.org/devuan-packages/openvpn/
>
> But it does not seem to have been worked on for jessie. You should get
> in touch with the developer there and agree with them how to proceed,
> to avoid duplicating work.
> BTW, there is already a project for openvpn under devuan-packages:
>
> https://git.devuan.org/devuan-packages/openvpn/
>
> But it does not seem to have been worked on for jessie. You should get
> in touch with the developer there and agree with them how to proceed,
> to avoid duplicating work.

Ah, I wondered about that but I didn't know how to find out. Thanks.

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73,
Ged.