On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Francis Dupont wrote:
> In your previous mail you wrote:
>
> > we really need to convince random book authors to update their
> > programming examples, from gethostbyname() to getnameinfo()...
>
> how can you expect them do so, when there's so much difference between
> the behaviour of the various TCP/IPv6 stacks?
>
> => this discussion is about to find a way to solve difference between
> compliant stacks...
Differences between _currently_ compliant stacks aren't the big issue
here. Compliancy is specifically defined, and if a stack is compliant
there should be no interoperability problems.
Rather, what should be labeled as "compliant" and what not is what this is
about.
I doubt there's going to be "rough consensus" on this subject (AAAA vs A6
take two, anyone), so would it be possible to define two possible methods,
and easy means how the application developer could find out which his OS's
prefer and one that best suits his interests?
This way both parties _might_ be happy and we could end this and move on.
Else this very issue keeps popping up all the time and the API will be in
limbo forever.
--
Pekka Savola "Tell me of difficulties surmounted,
Netcore Oy not those you stumble over and fall"
Systems. Networks. Security. -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords
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