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Re: Request to backport wireguard

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On Wed, 2019-12-11 at 02:42 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Tue, 2019-12-10 at 11:55 -0700, Jesse Rhodes wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > The Wireguard vpn package has been increasing in popularity[1].
> > However, the current installation instructions, both from wireguard
> > upstream AND on the debian wiki[2], recommend enabling sid on a stable
> > system and using pinning.
> > 
> > This seems like a clear candidate for buster-backports, both to fill
> > demand, and to hopefully avoid any unnecessary broken systems due to
> > users only partially following the current install instructions.
> > 
> > sney
> > 
> > [1] https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=wireguard
> > [2] https://wiki.debian.org/Wireguard#Installation
> 
> We already have a backport of the Linux kernel, and Wireguard is due to
> be included in Linux 5.6.  Perhaps it would make more sense to add
> Wireguard to our kernel package rather than adding another package that
> will soon be obsolete?
> 
> Ben.
> 
-- 
Ben Hutchings
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