Re: Why stunnel3?

[bob@proulx.com (Bob Proulx)]

vince wrote:
> Two versions of stunnel are available - stunnel3 and stunnel4.  Normally
> I would expect the higher numbered version to be the most recent and
> better supported version.

Agreed.  But this is up to the package maintainer.  You might want to
file a BTS requesting it.

> Form some reason I don't know, I'm running stunnel3 and 
> # apt-cache show stunnel
> reports
> Version: 2:3.26-dfsg-2
> Replaces: stunnel4
> 
> Why has stunnel3 replaced stunnel4 on Debian?

Both packages replace or conflict with each other.  This makes apt
happy when moving from one to the other.  I do not read that as a
statement that stunnel v3 is the progression beyond v4.

> Which is really the preferred version of stunnel?

I always use stunnel4.

Bob