http://bugzilla.spamassassin.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4619
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2005-10-14 15:20 ------- I would prefer a --force_ipv4 switch to a --ipv6 switch for the following reasons: The code in this patch already detects every situation in which ipv6 is not available or not to be used, by testing for IO::Socket::INET6 not being installed, AF_INET6 macro not being defined, creation of an INET6 socket not working for any unspecified reason, and the nameserver having an ipv4 ip address. It also allows ipv6 enabled systems to work out of the box with no non-default switches having to be set. The only reason for the switch is to prevent breakage in case we missed something and our tests either fail or themselves cause a breakage. That makes the situation in which someone has to set a non-default option the most rare case. It also means that we are more likely to find out about a bug now instead of some time in the future when ipv6 is more common and we change the default. And it means we won't have to change the default in the future. I'm open to hearing arguments the other way, and I won't check in a change until we have had a chance to discuss this. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.
