From 58e5a0b7216a2da9008645597911ad6c054276ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yves-Alexis Perez Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 10:42:12 +0100 Subject: advertise about the new strongswan.d mechanism add a NEWS entry to advertise about the new /etc/strongswan.d configuration mechanisms and how it can be overriden. --- debian/NEWS | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ debian/changelog | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+) diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS index a1703e49b..ab874084a 100644 --- a/debian/NEWS +++ b/debian/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,25 @@ +strongswan (5.1.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium + + Starting 5.1.2, strongSwan natively support a configuration directory (in + /etc/strongswan.d/). This replaces the /etc/strongswan.conf.d/ configuration + directly which was added in 5.1.1-1. + . + More information can be found on the strongswan.d configuration mechanism on + the upstream commit [1] and user documenation [2]. + . + In Debian, these configurations directories are especially use to easily + toggle the loading of the various plugins shipped with the Debian packages. + Upstream defaults to load the plugins, and this can be overridden by + changing the files in /etc/strongswan.d. As those latter files are tracked + as configuration files, modifications won't be reverted when the package is + upgraded. Default settings for the plugins can be found in the templates dir + in the /usr/share/strongswan/templates/config folder. + . + [1]: http://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/repository/revisions/55015036183c47692c2e2349a4c59bf00c107986 + [2]: http://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/StrongswanDirectory + + -- Yves-Alexis Perez Wed, 12 Mar 2014 10:31:44 +0100 + strongswan (5.1.1-2+splitplugins) experimental; urgency=medium In 5.1.1-2 package, few plugins have been split from the main libstrongswan diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 8e886fd62..cefc8ccf8 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ strongswan (5.1.2-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium - install default configuration files for all plugins. * debian/NEWS: - fix spurious entry. + - add a NEWS entry to advertise about the new strongswan.d configuration + mechanism. -- Yves-Alexis Perez Tue, 11 Mar 2014 20:48:54 +0100 -- cgit v1.2.3