Net-SNMP 5.1.4 maintenance release

The Net-SNMP development team has always had a policy of trying to
keep older branches of code up to date with the latest bug fixes and
patches.  Generally we support the code bases from the last few major
release branches and continue to release bug fix releases for those
branch for a while even after new feature releases have been
published.  I'm happy to announce that Net-SNMP version 5.1.4 is
available today from our download site.  It is, however, likely to be
the very last release of the 5.1.X line of code unless a major issue
is found that requires a new release.

Note: our must current release that we recommend people move to is the
5.3.X line of code, of which the latest release is 5.3.0.1.  The 5.1.4
release is aimed at people who are unable to move to newer lines of
code for one reason or another.

The NET-SNMP Development Team


Contents of this announcement
-----------------------------
  - What has Changed recently?
  - Where can I get it?
  - Are there binaries available?
  - What operating systems does it run on?
  - Which versions of the SNMP protocol are supported in this package?
  - I've found a bug or have a suggestion, how do I tell you about it?
  - What's the difference between UCD-SNMP and Net-SNMP?

What has Changed recently?
-------------------------------------------

  The NEWS file snippits from these releases are as follows:

  *5.1.4*

   New:
     - Due to a copyright statement that didn't allow modifications,
       snmpnetstat was completely rewritten.  The new binary is named
       snmpnetstat53, and we've provided a snmpnetstat wrapper script to
       make the command line options backwards compatible.  As a side
       effect, however, it now finally supports SNMPv3 at least.
     - shared library version number no longer matches the release number. We
       now follow the versioning scheme recommended by libtool. For the 5.1.4
       release this means that the libraries now have a SONAME ending with
       ".so.8", e.g. libnetsnmp.so.8.

   Ports:
     Win32:
       - patch 1258146: MinGW/Cygwin winservicerc.lo compile error
       - Fix for 'select: No such file or directory' in snmpdelta

   Fixes:
     - Perl getnext didn't honor explicit reference to MIB file
     - Fix assorted signedness mismatches
     - Lots of other bug fixes

Where can I get it?
------------------

  Download:
    - http://www.net-snmp.org/download/
    - ftp://ftp.net-snmp.org/pub/sourceforge/net-snmp/
  Web page:
    - http://www.net-snmp.org/
  Sourceforge Project page:
    - http://www.net-snmp.org/project/
  Mirrors (note that sourceforge download servers are mirrored themselves):
    - US:          ftp://ftp.freesnmp.com/mirrors/net-snmp/
    - Bulgaria:    http://rtfm.uni-svishtov.bg/net-snmp/    (appears to be out of date)
    - Germany:     ftp://ftp.mpg.goe.ni.schule.de/pub/internet/net-snmp/  (unknown host)
    - Greece:      ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/net/snmp/net-snmp/


Are there binaries available?
----------------------------

  - Binaries do appear on our download site, but often are published a
    bit later than the normal source code.  Most of the binaries that
    are available have been linked with the OpenSSL package so you'll
    need a copy of it installed in order to use them.  If you don't
    have OpenSSL installed and don't want it installed, please get the
    net-snmp source release instead and built it yourself (but you'll
    loose support for SNMPv3 with SHA1 authentication and both DES and
    AES encryption).

What operating systems does it run on?
-------------------------------------

  Both the applications and the agent have been reported as running
  (at least in part) on the following operating systems:

  [Note: this list is taken from the most recent FAQ, which is more in
  line with support for 5.3.0.1 than this 5.1.4 release]

	* Linux (kernels 2.6 to 1.3)
	* Solaris/SPARC (11 to 2.3), Solaris/Intel (10, 9) -- see 
	  README.solaris
	* HP-UX (10.20 to 9.01 and 11.11 to 11.0 -- see README.hpux11)
	* Mac OS X (10.4 to 10.1) -- see README.osX
	* NetBSD (2.0 to 1.0)
	* FreeBSD (5.3 to 2.2)
	* OpenBSD (3.7, 2.8, 2.6)
	* BSDi (4.0.1 to 2.1)
	* AIX (5.2, 5.1, 4.1.5, 3.2.5) -- see README.aix
	* IRIX (6.5 to 5.1)
	* OSF (4.0, 3.2 and Tru64 Unix 5.1B -- see README.tru64)
	* SunOS 4 (4.1.4 to 4.1.2)
	* Ultrix (4.5 to 4.2)
	* Dynix/PTX 4.4
	* QNX 6.2.1A

  See our FAQ at http://www.Net-SNMP.org/FAQ.html for more details on
  portability of the Net-SNMP package.

Which versions of the SNMP protocol are supported in this package?
-----------------------------------------------------------------

  SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, and SNMPv3 (including user-based and kerberos-based support) 

I've found a bug or have a suggestion, how do I tell you about it?
-----------------------------------------------------------------

  Please submit the bug to our bug-tracking system at:

    http://www.net-snmp.org/bugs/

  Please submit patches (for features or bugs) to our patch-tracking
  system.  (You don't need to submit a big report as well, just a patch)

    http://www.net-snmp.org/patches/

What's the difference between UCD-SNMP and Net-SNMP?
---------------------------------------------------

  Not a great deal, really.
  Although the project originally started at UC Davis (hence the name),
  and it has always been based there, most of the contributors have had
  little or no connection with this institution.

    The move to SourceForge was intended to provide a more flexible
  environment for the project, and to distribute the administrative
  workload more evenly.  The change of name simply reflects this move,
  which was the last remaining link with UC Davis.

    The 4.2.x line is the last release line that uses the ucd-snmp name,
  and all releases under this banner will be bug-fixes only.  Release
  5.0 is the first version using the net-snmp name, and all new features
  and significant development will be released under this name.
    (Though the dividing line between a bug-fix and a new feature is
  something of a vague one, so some changes in the 4.2.x line may be
  relatively non-trivial!)
 


-- 
"In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap,
 and much more difficult to find."  -- Terry Pratchett


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