From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 7 00:20:21 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 24CBB914 for ; Sat, 7 Mar 2015 00:20:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from udns.ultimatedns.net (unknown [IPv6:2602:d1:b4d6:e600:4261:86ff:fef6:aa2a]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EBA44AD6 for ; Sat, 7 Mar 2015 00:20:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ultimatedns.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by udns.ultimatedns.net (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t270LcMq030358 for ; Fri, 6 Mar 2015 16:21:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bsd-lists@bsdforge.com) To: In-Reply-To: References: , <6062CEE5-D94E-43A8-88D9-529FDEC38C49@me.com>, From: "Chris H" Subject: Re: GSoC 2015 Task: Unifying ping and ping6 Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2015 16:21:38 -0800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=fixed MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-id: <92eefcd17bd4987830744fd2d3976d69@ultimatedns.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2015 00:20:21 -0000 On Fri, 06 Mar 2015 14:25:45 -0800 "Chris H" wrote > On Fri, 06 Mar 2015 11:35:39 -0800 Rui Paulo wrote > > > On 6 Mar 2015, at 11:28, Ed Schouten wrote: > > > > > > Hi Rushil, > > > > > > 2015-03-04 20:40 GMT+01:00 Rushil Paul : > > >> And what exactly should my proposal include? How much code can be shared > > >> between ping and ping6, how to test the program afterwards etc.? Some > > >> inputs from experts will be very helpful :-) > > > > > > A good friend of mine is the author of noping/oping/liboping: > > > > > > http://noping.cc/ > > > > > > It's a pretty sweet tool. It supports a tonne of options and has nice > > > displaying/graphing. It also has support for multiple address > > > families, can ping multiple addresses per hostname, etc. > > > > > > The tool is LGPL/GPLv2 licensed, but the last time I talked to the > > > author, he said he was willing to go through the hoops to get it > > > relicensed to BSD/MIT if a party like us would be interested in using > > > it. Maybe it's worth considering going that route? > > > > The first route is to upgrade liboping in ports! > LOL I'm already in the process of doing that now! :-) > > --Chris In case anyone's interested; this is the PR: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=198379 --Chris > > > > -- > > Rui Paulo > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"