Bug#904044: OpenVPN3

OK, I'll pick it up.

There are two repositories, one is the core libraries; the other is the linux client. The client is compiled by using a git external.

Because of this (git external), I decided package the two repositories separately: one as a library (lib/dev combo), to use the dev package for the headers and linking the openvpn3-core statically [1]

The (source) packages are reflecting the upstream git repositories:

1. openvpn3 (library)

2. openvpn3-linux (client)

I need to do some restructuring (from your answer I understand that /usr/include/openvpn/ as the include path should ot be used).

We're testing it with our company VPN, and it seems to work just fine (including the 2FA over a web page), the only thing we need to do is to remove this line from the ovpn files that are generated/provided (error feedback is not optimal ;-) ).

# OVPN_ACCESS_SERVER_ORGANIZATION=OpenVPN, Inc.

[1] I'd like to get the packages without too much of a patch on the code and there are some questionable practices like including cpp files.

On Tue, 19 Sept 2023 at 22:28, Bernhard Schmidt <berni@debian.org> wrote:

Hi Marc,

> Because our company decided "there will be no impact" to use multifactor
> authentication, I was forced to package openvpn3.
>
> I don't know if you were planning anything in that direction, but my
> current work can be found here:
>
> https://salsa.debian.org/televic-team/openvpn3
> <https://salsa.debian.org/televic-team/openvpn3>
>
> It's rough, I need to go through the finer details.
>
> If you are nog planning anything, I can open an ITP.
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=904044
> <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=904044>

Thanks for letting us know. I haven't taken a deep look at it, but it
looks pretty sane and I'm not aware of any work other than the upstream
repository. You are certainly welcome to package it.

I can review and sponsor the first uploads if noone beats me to it
(anyone: feel free to do so, there is no need of the OpenVPN2
maintainers to specifically review anything in OpenVPN3, and they will
continue to be used in parallel for years to come).

I've seen you have applied for DM, so I would be happy to give you
uploader rights when things have settled.

Bernhard