On dual-stack networks, which remains the norm rather than ipv6-only so far, and usually still require IPv4 to gain access to a large part of the internet, having IPv4 optional will mean the connection may still be brought up with just IPv6. Then people will wonder what is going on and file bugs here.
We'll revisit setting IPv4 to optional after the Precise release. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/761558 Title: Default to enabling IPv6 addresses, but set to optional to bring up devices To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/761558/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
