[Sshguard-maintainers] sshguard 1.0

[Mij <mi...@bi...>]

hello folks,

sshguard 1.0 stable has been finally released, see

http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=701923

There is a couple of relevant news for maintainers wrt 0.91:
1) paths can now be set during ./configure
For example, iptables path, or the path of /etc/hosts.allow file.
These are autodetected via $PATH if they're not specified manually.
If the package compiles on the user host, mind that some systems
exclude sbin from users PATH, so specifing the path manually is safer.

2) there is now a man page to install (man/sshguard.8)
It is installed automatically during make install

3) there is an example file for whitelisting in exmples/ 
whitelistfile.example.
Depending on the policy of the system, decide whether (and where)
to copy this example file into the system.

4) a thorough setup guide covering all the setup combos is available at
	http://sshguard.sourceforge.net/doc/setup/setup.html
Unless your package makes the software "up and running" (which is
preferred, when possible), I recommend to show it off as feedback after
a successful installation.

I remind to use the syslog+sshguard or syslog-ng+sshguard whenever
possible; avoid the tail+sshguard combo which is just a working hack.



Last but not least, there is a new "policy" for maintainerships:
- I have freed slots on http://sshguard.sourceforge.net/doc/ 
sshguardpackages.html
for sshguard 1.0
- if you intend to build a package for an OS, please send a message  
to the
sshguard-maintainers ml containing:
	- the target OS or OSes
	- the URL of the package, or the package content itself if you want  
mirroring
	- possibly a brief TXT or HTML file with notes for users to install  
the package if it's not
	trivial on default setups (for example on unofficial APT sources, or  
gentoo sunrise etc).
	If what you need to say is already explained somewhere else, feel  
free to redirect there.
	I will publish your file on the website for better user feedback.


Your help is appreciated, thanks