A beta would be great to have a stable version when we have to use ipv6

On 27.08.2009, at 10:09, Japje | Jasper Wonnink <[email protected]> wrote:

> I wrote Alfred about this some months ago. His answer:
>
> "Hey Jasper, we have no firm IPV6 plans at this time."
>
> so no.. dont count on it
>
>
> and Arg!,
>
> "surely there'd be no benefit for valve to develop this until at  
> least a
> large portion of their player base actually has an IPv6 connection"
>
> Thats like waiting to build a highway until "a large portion of the
> people in a city" have a car..
>
> There will be IPv6 only connections sooner then 2 years, probably in
> country's who don't have much IPv4 like Africa or Azie (which has a
> substation IPv6 network already)
>
> There have been dual stack solutions for a long time for all kinds of
> software.. i think its utter BS that a gameserver cant listen on IPv6
> for players, or a client can't connect to an IPv6 server (when he  
> has an
> IPv6 connection).
>
> Hell they could make it an experimental switch you could give a game
> --with-ipv6 for all i care
>
> People should stop putting their heads in their ass and acknowledge  
> that
> IPv4 will run out, and we will use IPv6. Better fix support now that  
> the
> user base is still small enough that deploying it wont cause a lot of
> trouble.
>
>
> Japje / Jasper Wonnink
>
>
> [Don] - Luigi wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> I wonder, if there is IPv6 support in Source, or will this  
>> implemented
>> in the near future? Did someone heard anything about this?
>>
>>
>>
>> Mfg
>>
>> Luigi
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list  
>> archives, please visit:
>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list  
> archives, please visit:
> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux

_______________________________________________
To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please 
visit:
http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux

Reply via email to