[quagga-users 14787] Re: FRR or Quagga

On Aug 28, 2017, at 8:26 AM, Muenz, Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
> Am 28.08.2017 um 08:41 schrieb Raghunath Nama:
>> For new users would it be better to start off with FRR or Quagga?
>> I understand for existing users of Quagga they might have a choice either to stay with Quagga or move on to FRR.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance
> 
> I think new users should stay with Quagga.
> Supported by most distros and almost every feature included.
> And if you need a feature only in FRR you'll not be a "new user".

We're pretty heavily invested in Quagga, and unfortunately, it has had some serious issues over the last few releases that have not been addressed. Most obviously, the BGP issue that has been reported time and time again in this list, that appeared after 0.99.24.1, stands to this day in 1.2.1. I would not at this time be willing to risk a new deployment on the current release.

I'm also very concerned that there is no future in Quagga because all the developer momentum has moved over to FRR. I wish this weren't the case, because I would like to see a successful project not dominated by a single commercial company (no matter how good a job they're doing). I also think that Paul was the victim of some pretty rough politics. But it is what it is, and right now (and likely for the foreseeable future), all the progress is on the FRR side.

/a