Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2015 14:27:27 +0300 From: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru> To: Rushil Paul <rushilpaul@gmail.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GSoC 2015 Task: Unifying ping and ping6 Message-ID: <54F83D9F.4060205@yandex.ru> In-Reply-To: <CAOqL43QYnRL9UCshEm2H4un-uK=oejz-D=Dx4nZfMdDf5ok08w@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAOqL43QYnRL9UCshEm2H4un-uK=oejz-D=Dx4nZfMdDf5ok08w@mail.gmail.com>
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On 04.03.2015 22:40, Rushil Paul wrote: > I am interested in the project - Unifying the programs ping and ping6. > I have decent knowledge of C/C++ and networking. I also spoke to a mentor > (Gavin) about the idea. I went through the source code of ping and ping6, > and ping6 was giving me a little hard time. > My mentor also told me to consider taking up the task to unify traceroute > and traceroute6, if I think the first task will take much less than 15 > weeks. Problem is, I am unable to decide how much work ping and ping6 will > be (I feel it will take lots of time as this is the first time I'm getting > familiar with the code). > > Will my proposal be strong enough if it is only about merging of ping and > ping6? Hi, I think you need to read this discussion: https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-net/2014-January/037456.html -- WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov
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