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Date:      Sun, 27 Dec 2020 15:09:33 +0100
From:      "Kristof Provost" <kp@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Baptiste Daroussin" <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: libifconfig non-private in 13?
Message-ID:  <E2B676D4-F9D0-41C9-B2FB-728607D70CFD@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20201226211810.g4ll4ow23fitmxdo@ivaldir.net>
References:  <1EB6D7ED-F370-42EA-AC66-93D8BC96F29C@FreeBSD.org> <20201226211810.g4ll4ow23fitmxdo@ivaldir.net>

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On 26 Dec 2020, at 22:18, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 09:02:00PM +0100, Kristof Provost wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Libifconfig was marked as private (and experimental) back in 2016.
>> It’s since made some strides and has grown a few users. Ifconfig 
>> now depends
>> on it as well.
>>
>> While it’s far from finished it’d be more useful for some users 
>> if it were
>> public. That would at least imply some level of API/ABI stability, 
>> which is
>> why I’m bringing it up here before pulling the trigger.
>>
>> Does anyone see any reasons to not do this?
>>
>
> I would go the otherway around, any reason to make it public yet? if 
> yes they go
> ahead, if no keep it private ;)
>
Well, I did ask because there’s at least one potential user asking for 
it.

Best regards,
Kristof


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