> From: Bill Sommerfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > They should not be removed from a new version of the spec without a > mention in the newer version about *why* they were removed.
They should not be removed. Implementations already support it, removing would just create confusion. I don't see any harm in keeping it in. > (And I'm actually aware of at least one feature in the solaris IP > stack which is supposedly available for UDP/IPv4 traffic through > AF_INET6 sockets which is not conveniently available through AF_INET > sockets. Long story ...) Just for information comment: not all IPv6/IPv4 is Unix related. For example, Symbian IPv6/IPv4 implemets only *PROTOCOL FAMILY* PF_INET, with two address families AF_INET ja AF_INET6. All sockets are basicly opened for PF_INET (= AF_INET), and will work just fine with IPv4 or IPv6 without any problems for applications (applications don't need to care!). -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
