Re: [Openvpn-devel] Modifying OpenVPN Source Code to Allow for Bulk-Reads, Max-MTU, and Jumbo-TCP

[Gert D. <ge...@gr...>]

Hi,

On Wed, Aug 06, 2025 at 07:03:51AM -0400, Jon Chiappetta via Openvpn-devel wrote:
> Is there any development setup guide I could follow in the future which
> would allow me to submit a pull request to the OpenVPN codebase in an
> official manner?

https://community.openvpn.net/Development/DeveloperDocumentation

which is outdated in a few places, but the most important thing is
still correct: we don't do Github PRs, we do "patch on list" or "push
to gerrit".

Before you spend too much time on actual code, it makes sense to see if
there is general agreement on the problem statement, and the direction 
to fix it.  For problems that we cannot understand, it's slightly harder
to convince us to accept the code (and the maintenance and testing
obligation that comes with each new line of code).

So far I have heard "MTU mumble mumble" and we do have lots of MTUs of
all sorts already :-)

gert
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Gert Doering - Munich, Germany                             ge...@gr...