From owner-freebsd-current Mon Nov 2 02:47:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA18459 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 02:47:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from implode.root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA18448 for ; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 02:47:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from xroot@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA01511; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 02:48:51 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199811021048.CAA01511@implode.root.com> To: obrien@NUXI.com cc: Garrett Wollman , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IPv6 in -current In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 02 Nov 1998 01:07:42 PST." <19981102010742.A5101@nuxi.com> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 02:48:51 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >> >> I frankly don't care that much which IPv6 implementation is chosen. >> >> My concerns are the following: >> >> > So is sounds like those interested in IPv6 have the go-ahead to bring it >> > into -CURRENT. >> >> No, they don't. Read what I wrote (and you oh-so-conveniently deleted). > >And why not? > > >For review they were: > > 2) that we don't screw any of the existing developers > > 1) that we make whatever necessary fundamental advances we can in the > network stack before taking on additional deadweight > >It is assumed you are working on (1). >So all that those that care about IPv6 need to do is adhear to (2) above. We haven't made any decisions yet on which stack to go with. The KAME implementation is compelling because of the dedication (to FreeBSD) of the people working on it. INRIA is interesting because of rumors that it is somehow "better" than KAME. The point Garrett is trying to make is that once we decide on one, that leaves the other(s) out in the cold, which is not a good thing. With the above said, I disagree with waiting forever and think that a decision on this should be made relatively soon (this year). I feel this way mainly because I want to see FreeBSD more widely used as the basis for further research in IPv6, and I think having IPv6 as part of the standard system is the best way to acheive that. I think you'll find similar sentiment in the rest of core team (minus Garrett). -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message