On 10 Jun 2014, at 15:47, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10 June 2014 23:22, Wichert Akkerman <wich...@wiggy.net> wrote: >> >> If I remember correctly there are some mobile networks in Asia who only do >> IPv6 internally. Gandi offers IPv6-only servers that are cheaper than >> servers with ipv4 connectivity. So while right now not having IPv4 >> connectivity is unlikely, it does happen and will only become more common. >> People are also introducing monstrosities like carrier-grade NAT to delay >> the inevitable, but we really should not encourage that madness and just add >> IPv6. It generally is very easy to do. > > The challenge is that PyPI now runs behind a donated CDN service, and > our vendor doesn't offer IPv6 yet: > https://fastly.zendesk.com/entries/30549708-Do-you-support-IPv6-
I saw that and was very disappointed by Fastly. It means I won't consider using them for anything I do at this point in time. > That means that, for the time being "the PyPI CDN is generously > donated by Fastly" trumps "the PyPI CDN supports IPv6" - IPv6 support > isn't currently high enough on the priority list for us to be willing > to turn down Fastly's offer. That trade-off may change some day, but I > expect Fastly will have already added IPv6 support before we reach > that point. Is the PSF willing to ask push Fastly a little bit on this, so we at least have timeframe? >>> It's something we'll want to keep an eye on, but yeah, at this point >>> in time, when connecting an IPv6-only system to the internet, PyPI is >>> likely to be long way down the "it isn't working" priority list. >> >> I have an ipv6-only VM, and it works wonderfully: it can send email, pull >> Debian updates, serve IPv6 websites and it has my remote backups and >> git-annex repositories. > > I was thinking of the client case, but you're right, in a server > context, IPv6 only is far more likely to be viable already. It’s very viable right now I’ld say. If I remember correctly Cloudflare has a free service where they add an IPv4 frontend for IPv6-only servers so you can still provide service to IPv4-only users. Wichert. _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
