Hi, I also think ipv6 option is pointless nowadays. Hard-enabling it is fine. I'm all for it.
See you, Pierre L. 2013/12/11 Heiko Becker <[email protected]> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 11.12.2013 18:55, Nikolay Orlyuk wrote: > >> I prefer to see Exherbo as a distributive which gives a good > >> environment for developer and allows much more customization > >> than most user will want. Having some people using IPv4 > >> configuration for some libs/programs usually allows to reveal > >> issues related with such variant in upstream (ex. net-misc/mtr). > > But you have to do the actual testing. If you bump a package it's nice > to test it with different options enabled/disabled, but this probably > isn't done all the time. By hard-enabling IPv6, we can make sure that > the package is working in a configuration most of us would choose > anyway with less effort. > > >> I'd prefer to to drop options in upstream first and only then in > >> associated package. > > If packages break by hard-enabling IPv6 we can always get them fixed > upstream (or temporarily keep an option for the package in question). > > On 11/12/13 19:24, Wulf C. Krueger wrote: > > In general, we strive to provide sensible defaults and options > > that make sense. The IPv6 option is completely anachronistic these > > days - the IPv4 address space is exhausted, IPv6 connectivity can > > be acquired without cost even if your provider doesn't cooperate > > and we don't have IPv4 options either. > > - From e-f-s: "Packages should provide user options where reasonable and > useful, but it is not necessary to spend excessive effort to support > every obscure little tweak." > As Wulf pointed out supporting it has become indeed an obscure tweak > and I'm thus all for abandoning it. > > - -- > Best regards, > Heiko Becker > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJSqLj5AAoJELtGM1DW7zHvMYQP/jUwAHayvE01uv9V4Q7D3CNd > Bq1qa19ZR1914ugyrl8ilQxYb9y5Tkuprss7OgEp+YnKRzrUvqF5JUYgHNPz5wj9 > chieTDH3OaxwjCak2mS63aWtpCW7/ujFL/JLxZrZObAXs58+TB5I1oDTew9LNdBt > nf2b9G2VER149dfNmbwLLNxpP46ilEvLeBv6Vmk6u2JruGEX6/ATKkFb5hJlXXvG > NZ4DwPEnZfQVo0j7hxGRuR8AcmLM28WlWvd/iYCNfaTUbSIePipLeHNOIvP34KWM > Ot/wrb2uBOj0cFegATm0BL57DH1e51zNfkDBUnl1z2tL2jTzStpO2zghnndUpL7I > /RIZmNV3O69dDFbmzQKcFHU5ZIMoAzmQhjYz30Le67OCI6aTrfjdpY4VQNUnzZH9 > bfX4rCSNzo0xkfROnkyoOiayX0+x6JjpcUlN9FZiC6A4GASV/43t4VKGOXCiO7N8 > p6JurMekyoyUh8GvnVWQTZXWTjjDgc4kpUx40/fzny8yb/KwQCh3dsPJBfmXbx73 > pXS1Ht7d9czqoU0/RTlVWAMEcf3VDhEws6GKHrNUESfD6+ginuJ6CfUYatHQ6NeQ > Wbl3KuGw0VwWxVPu5K+gOlfKAattE/lQnJS/OuXKP3LTGQY5QmFYnzMdkFxykDiO > TZ1mQd/NdwTXYO/8tIfL > =IgFb > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Exherbo-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.exherbo.org/mailman/listinfo/exherbo-dev >
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