[FROG] FRR 8.5.1 Release

Mon May 1 17:36:38 UTC 2023

Thanks, Quentin.

I fully understand, and appreciate, how open source, community projects 
work. I am caught up in a number myself, and time + interest are always 
the biggest constraints.

I just wanted to let the list know about where things currently stand, 
for the archives. I will keep checking to see when IS-IS support in FRR 
matures, and report feedback as and when I am able to test it.

As always, much appreciated to all the developers that submit their time 
to building and maintaining the code.

Mark.

On 5/1/23 18:25, Quentin Young wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
>> I hope there would have been some fixes to the outstanding IS-IS issues I
>> have posted about.
> Unfortunately we have quite a lot of issues to work on. FRR is really big and
> complex! Really big and complex software takes a lot of effort to maintain, and
> it's not possible to get to every concern in every release.
>
> To provide a little context on how FRR development works, the people working on
> FRR can be broadly placed in one of the following groups:
>
> 1) Unpaid volunteers
> 2) Company employees
>
> Group 1 is donating their time and skillset for free. They choose what to work
> on and no matter what they choose, we are grateful for their efforts. Any help
> in any area is welcomed. If they choose to work on something other than the
> IS-IS issues you reported, that is their prerogative. Group 2 is paid by their
> employer to work on areas important to their employer. If their employer
> doesn't prioritize the IS-IS issues you reported, then they are less likely to
> work on them. Note that there is always the possibility of contracting with a
> company to work on issues that you want prioritized.
>
> There is overlap between the two groups - company employees sometimes act as
> volunteers, working on aspects of the project that interests them - but in
> short, my point is that work on FRR, like almost any FOSS project, is completed
> on a best-effort basis.
>
> Now, obviously everyone involved in the project, from developers to users,
> would love for every aspect of FRR to work well. We all have the same
> objectives. Users want functioning software, developers want functioning
> software. We all want IS-IS to work. We didn't get to the issues you reported
> this release. That doesn't mean the issues will not be addressed in upcoming
> releases, and it doesn't mean that no one cares. It just means that the limited
> resources that work on FRR spent their efforts on other areas this release.
>
>> It seems IS-IS is not going to be ready for production use anytime soon, so
>> I'll have to go back to Quagga.
> As a gentle reminder, the code for IS-IS, which anyone may contribute to, is
> located here:https://github.com/FRRouting/frr/tree/master/isisd
>
> As ever, we are grateful for anyone who chooses to graciously donate their time
> to work on free software, which everyone gets to benefit from.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Quentin
>
> ________________________________________
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> I hope there would have been some fixes to the outstanding IS-IS issues I have posted about.
>
> It seems IS-IS is not going to be ready for production use anytime soon, so I'll have to go back to Quagga.
>
> Mark.
>
> On 4/30/23 12:49, Jafar Al-Gharaibeh via frog wrote:
>
> ear FRR Community,
>
> We are pleased to announce FRR 8.5.1 bug fix release.
>
> Packages are available at:
>
> Debian Packages -https://deb.frrouting.org<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdeb.frrouting.org%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cqlyoung%40cumulusnetworks.com%7C1fbc3b171fac40e6d54608db497f1647%7C43083d15727340c1b7db39efd9ccc17a%7C0%7C0%7C638184583043142727%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=vvMJ7UfYKKmHvPjT5dcu64oAKNLwrdpWLQolB%2FQQhEo%3D&reserved=0>
> RPM Packages -https://rpm.frrouting.org<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frpm.frrouting.org%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cqlyoung%40cumulusnetworks.com%7C1fbc3b171fac40e6d54608db497f1647%7C43083d15727340c1b7db39efd9ccc17a%7C0%7C0%7C638184583043142727%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2BipNWpE%2F2pBWDVgCiA%2BhFSrjqj1kgAxMwcC8GqvH4Ws%3D&reserved=0>
> Snaps -https://snapcraft.io/frr<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsnapcraft.io%2Ffrr&data=05%7C01%7Cqlyoung%40cumulusnetworks.com%7C1fbc3b171fac40e6d54608db497f1647%7C43083d15727340c1b7db39efd9ccc17a%7C0%7C0%7C638184583043142727%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=FeST1oGspHRFEac6LlKdubLr3dnCUCwfafbDwpZuM%2Fo%3D&reserved=0>
> Docker - quay.io/frrouting/frr:v8.5.1
>
> For release notes please visit:
>
> https://frrouting.org/release/8.5.1/<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffrrouting.org%2Frelease%2F8.5.1%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cqlyoung%40cumulusnetworks.com%7C1fbc3b171fac40e6d54608db497f1647%7C43083d15727340c1b7db39efd9ccc17a%7C0%7C0%7C638184583043142727%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2B13FJNiI9buSAZSbPQHHgnHpQ68R6wc61BYYHt2WxVc%3D&reserved=0>
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> https://github.com/FRRouting/frr/releases/tag/frr-8.5.1<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FFRRouting%2Ffrr%2Freleases%2Ftag%2Ffrr-8.5.1&data=05%7C01%7Cqlyoung%40cumulusnetworks.com%7C1fbc3b171fac40e6d54608db497f1647%7C43083d15727340c1b7db39efd9ccc17a%7C0%7C0%7C638184583043142727%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=sGSphqur60C0waQK0VNh4yssL1UcHbjuMOpHAjqjxqQ%3D&reserved=0>
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>
> Cheers,
>
> The FRR Development Team!
>
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