Lars Müller wrote:
1. the distribution does not meet users' needs and
If you see a reason why version 3.0.9 doesn't meet openSUSE Lead 42.1 user needs please raise them here or via bugzilla.
AFAICS SLE12 contains freeradius-server 3.0.3. If this is taken for Leap I'm concerned that users won't get support by FreeRADIUS developers because the standard response will be "upgrade to x because it's fixed there".
2. the contributions of community members really _using_ the packages they use will decrease.
You're willing to help Jochen? I'm sure he's happy about any contribution.
I'm willing to contribute updating to upstream sources (see [1]) which includes testing my local installation before submitting. Due to time constraints I'm not willing to do backport patching mess. Ciao, Michael. [1] https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file/network/freeradius-server/freer...