Re: OpenDKIM 2.11.0 Alpha release available

From: Steve Jenkins <steve_at_stevejenkins.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 11:31:17 -0700

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 12:20 AM, Murray S. Kucherawy <msk_at_blackops.org>
wrote:

> opendkim-2.11.0.Alpha0.tar.gz is now available in the Pre-Release
> directory on SourceForge. The RELEASE_NOTES for this version can be found
> below. Note however that since this is pre-Beta, other things might appear
> before Beta or the formal release.
>
> The major thing in this version is an experimental implementation of the
> conditional signatures proposal. For those unfamiliar, this is the idea
> that one can generate a signature that means nothing unless the message
> also bears a valid signature from some intermediary. The idea here is to
> be able to get a valid signature from A to C via B, so long as B also
> signs. It's essentially a chain of custody proof, intended to get around
> some of the damage DMARC has caused.
>
> I will be traveling for a conference in early November, which will either
> mean I have no time to work on OpenDKIM, or lots of it. :-) Either way, I
> wanted to get this version out for people to tinker with, and I anticipate
> releasing this version after that.
>
> Please discuss issues with this release on the opendkim-dev list only.
> Don't report issues here or in the trackers; those are for production
> releases and general support only.
>
> If you have features you would like to see in this version, please open
> them in the trackers on SourceForge. Since we are in Alpha, major changes
> are probably off the table, but I might be able to include minor changes or
> fixes before advancing to Beta, at which point nothing new other than
> critical things will be accepted.
>
> Also, if you have a favorite build-time feature (an "FFR") that you would
> like to see become a part of the standard supported code base, please
> nominate it for promotion. I always try to do some housecleaning for major
> releases, which includes promoting popular features and discarding those
> nobody uses. On the chopping block this time: _FFR_RATE_LIMIT, which has
> basically been overtaken by the reputation features.
>
> Thank you for our continued support, especially to our donors and sponsors!
>
> -MSK, for TDP


Great job, Murray.

FYI - Alpha builds fine and run great on Fedora. As of right now, looks
like it doesn't need anything from me for the contrib/ dirs.

Best,

SteveJ
Received on Wed Oct 28 2015 - 18:31:31 PST