OpenBSD is a volunteer organization. If you want to volunteer to host an ipv6 mirror, I think the licensing already allows that.
Please correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks, -- Raul On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 2:00 AM Armin Jenewein <[email protected]> wrote: > > No idea what you perceive here as a "rant", my apologies if that seemed > like one to you, that's not my intention. > > FWIW both ftplist1.openbsd.org and ftplist2.openbsd.org have no AAAA > entry, either. > > I don't see what I need to prove here. That's 3 hosts already that don't > have an AAAA DNS record, so if you're on an IPv6-only link, you can't > access these. I didn't check ALL the mirrors that the installer has in > the list, but the one popping up in my list as ftp.spline.de doesn't > have one, either, so that's just number four. > > With prices for IPv4 addresses are starting to increase, it surprises me > that this is still such a heated topic. Nobody asks about removing > IPv4-connectivity here. Nobody wants to break functionaly for v4-only > users. > > I did try installing OpenBSD in v6-only networks, yes. On an IPv6-only > host it doesn't even suggest a mirror to download from. > > My initial mail was about this one here, nevertheless: > > $ ping6 openbsd.org > ping6: no address associated with name > $ > > The fact that all the other hosts I mentioned are v4-only doesn't change > that situation in any way. > > ~ Armin > > > > > On 23-10-22 19:29:28, Philip Guenther wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 6:53 PM Armin Jenewein <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > On 23-10-22 15:47:45, Kastus Shchuka wrote: > > > > On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 10:29:08PM +0200, Armin Jenewein wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > as I'm almost 100% sure adding IPv6 connectivity to the openbsd.org > > > > > host > > > > > wouldn't introduce side-effects for IPv4 users: is there any reason > > > > > openbsd.org still has no AAAA entry at the end of 2023? > > > > > > > > Why do you need it? > > > > > > Because it's extremely inconvenient to have manually type in the name of > > > a mirror that I know has an AAAA entry. The installer won't even be able > > > to download the mirror list because of the reason I mentioned. It tries > > > to talk to openbsd.org which obviously fails. > > > > > > See, this is why being clear about What Fine Problem You're Trying To Solve > > is important: AFAICT the installer tries to fetch the mirror list from > > ftplist1.openbsd.org and not from openbsd.org. > > > > Can you confirm that your _actual_ request is to have the installer be able > > to get the mirror list when on an IPv6-only host? > > > > (Please don't rant at people who try to help, particularly when doing > > exactly what you requested would NOT HAVE HELPED, unless you *want* people > > to drop you in their kill-file as "not worth trying to help".) > > > > > > Philip Guenther > > -- > > ,_^_. > \- -/ > \_/ \ Armin Jenewein > | O o | <[email protected]> > |_ < ) 3 ) > / \ / > /-__,__-\ > > > > >
