>>>>> On Mon, 25 Jun 2001 16:05:34 +0200 (CEST),
>>>>> Mauro Tortonesi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>> ...however, those corrections do not affect the main stream of this
>> discussion. We've fully, fully discussed this (in the apifolks list),
>> and have seen so many different views, and, as a consequence, could
>> not reach consensus on a single unified behavior. Sad to say this,
>> but I don't think we'll be able to force vendors a particular behavior
>> based on a particular view of the model, like "the correct thing is to
>> deprecate IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses"...
> then why bothering to write RFC2553? if any ISV can do what he wants it
> has been only a useless effort.
> your arguments don't seem to have moche sense to me. rather, the
> discussion should be re-opened and, as a result, a new proposed
> standard should be produced.
I admit I'm too pessimistic. I of course agree that it would be great
if we could get a consensus on a single behavior by the reopened
discussion. However, I would just like to point out that all the
discussion so far has already been raised, and the fact was that those
argument could not convince the people who have other opinions.
Itojun's bugtraq report is a good summary, but it still basically was
in the past discussion, which, again, could not convince everyone.
Yes, I admit that the fact we once failed on something does not mean
we'll fail in the future. If you have a good enough point to make a
unified consensus, it would be really great.
>> So, IMHO, the only feasible thing we can do now is to accept the
>> differences of various implementations, and make a guidance of how to
>> deal with the differences with a minimum effort.
> this would be a BIG mistake, IMVHO. it is imperative to produce
> a standard for BSD socket extensions, or we can forget the word
> "code portability" for the next 50 years...
Agreed, but that's the reality, unfortunately, as far as I understand
the issue.
Sorry for the negative opinions. I do not intend to discourage people
aiming to an ideal goal. I'll be silent on this particular topic...
JINMEI, Tatuya
Communication Platform Lab.
Corporate R&D Center, Toshiba Corp.
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