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Subject: Re: Removal of netns - politically correct version
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 12:21:30 +0200
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>
> i have yet to see a cisco ios image supporting ipv6 that was usable
> in production environment.  and i have tried hard.

This is getting OT but on the subject of repelling users, they´re probably
trying hard to repel their users to the vendor J boxen.
>
> but i will admit to not having seen apollo networking for over a
> decade.  but i probably have not been looking very widely.

I´ve made a sighting in 1996 if I remember correctly. For their sake, I hope
that´s gone now.
>
> seems to me that one useful question is whether the netns code
> being there non-trivially complicates maintenance and/or
> reliability of other code, and can i compile or module it out if
> the bits it occupies really bothers me?
>
This is probably the right question.

Pete


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