Request for the most recent stable version

[AnOctet]

Hi *

I would like to do request for the implementation of the most recent stable version of the nghttp2. Now it is 1.9.1.

In the raw of latest releases (https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/releases) a significant improvements in nghttp2 parts were made.

For benchmark tool (h2load):
•h2load: Fix bug that it did not try to connect to server again
•h2load: Fix bug that initial max concurrent streams was too large

Using 1.7.1 I had couple issues with those bugs during benchmarking all available protocols.

Most important improvements were done in the proxy part (only 1.9.1).

•nghttpx: Memcached connection encryption with tls keyword
•nghttpx: Enable/disable TLS per frontend address
•nghttpx: Configure TLS per backend routing pattern
•nghttpx: Workaround for Ubuntu 15.04 which does not value-initialize on std::make_shared.
•nghttpx: Add --error-page option to set custom error pages
•nghttpx: Add wildcard host routing
•nghttpx: Change read timeout reset timing
•nghttpx: Don't push if Link header field includes nopush
•nghttpx: Deprecate backend-http1-connections-per-host in favor of backend-connections-per-host
•nghttpx: Restructure mode settings, removing --http2-bridge, --client, and --client-proxy options
•nghttpx: Deprecate backend-http1-connections-per-frontend in favor of backend-connections-per-frontend
•nghttpx: Don't share session which is already in draining state
•nghttpx: Effectively disable backend HTTP/2 connection flow control
•nghttpx: Add --frontend-http2-max-concurrent-streams and --backend-http2-max-concurrent-streams, and deprecate --http2-max-concurrent-streams option
•nghttpx: Deprecate --backend-http2-connections-per-worker option
•nghttpx: Share TLS session cache between HTTP/2 and HTTP/1 backend
•nghttpx: Rewrite backend HTTP/2 connection coalesce strategy

The difference between 1.7.1 and 1.9.1 in functionality and stability are greater then I copypaste it here. Please check changelogs:
https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/releases

I would like to point your attention to fact that at this moment I could not find any simple, stable and lightweight working forward proxy server with HTTP/2 capabilities except nghttpx.

Based on this reasons, I think to build a new package with most recent stable version of nghttp2 and all related parts is useful for upcoming LTS release.

Additional information:

1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu
root@ubuntu:~# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (development branch)
Release: 16.04

2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy pkgname' or by checking in Software Center

root@ubuntu:~# apt-cache policy nghttp2
nghttp2:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1.7.1-1
  Version table:
     1.7.1-1 500
        500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe i386 Packages

3) What you expected to happen
4) What happened instead
see above

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Nish Aravamudan (nacc)]

Note that it's unlikely unless a bug is fixed to see an update go out for a major version of a package in universe. You may want to refer to: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates