Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 12:02:14 +0530 From: Rushil Paul <rushilpaul@gmail.com> To: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GSoC 2015 Task: Unifying ping and ping6 Message-ID: <CAOqL43Q%2BKCzuEcSSkPVu-t9_hnw_zEJ=%2Bfjp6R9gFEym7cDcPA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <54F83D9F.4060205@yandex.ru> References: <CAOqL43QYnRL9UCshEm2H4un-uK=oejz-D=Dx4nZfMdDf5ok08w@mail.gmail.com> <54F83D9F.4060205@yandex.ru>
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Hi, I read the whole thread and it seems like most of the people are agreeing with a unified ping/ping6. I shall try to take up unifying traceroute/traceroute6 as well. On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Andrey V. Elsukov <bu7cher@yandex.ru> wrote: > 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 > -- Regards, Rushil
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