pptp-linux (pptp) on a Fedora DVD

John Poelstra poelstra at redhat.com
Tue Nov 13 00:24:08 UTC 2007


Kevac Marko wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> Here, in Russian Federation, 90% of home internet providers use PPTP
> for the internet access.
> So 80% of Fedora users from Russian Federation have same problem of
> installing and configuring pptp client. It includes very unpleasant
> "go to another box with internet connection, download rpm package, go
> back and install it".
> 
> I don't know what situation is in another countries with pptp, but i
> be very glad to see pptp client on a Fedora DVD.
> 
> So, questions are:
> 1. Why pptp package is still not there? Some license issues?
> 2. Will it be included in Fedora DVD?
> 3. How can i help?
> 

You could help by creating a feature page which focus on including the 
package and smoothing out other configuration issues.  It sounds like 
this enhancement could benefit a lot of users :)

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Policy

If you need help with creating a feature page, please let me know.

John




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