Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 14:25:52 +0000 From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bz@FreeBSD.org> To: Torsten Zuehlsdorff <mailinglists@toco-domains.de> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Announcement: IPv6 promotion campaign Message-ID: <BB78FB89-9E23-4E71-A683-2B2107CEEFA2@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <5655C399.8060106@toco-domains.de> References: <5655B1CD.4050009@toco-domains.de> <09C295B8-8AB3-4601-B0B9-7B41E28DAA07@FreeBSD.org> <5655C399.8060106@toco-domains.de>
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> On 25 Nov 2015, at 14:20 , Torsten Zuehlsdorff = <mailinglists@toco-domains.de> wrote: >=20 > Hello, >=20 >>> FreeBSD supports IPv6 since 15 years and while IPv4 addresses = running low, its quite annoying how often there is no IPv6 support for = existing sites. >>>=20 >>> I'm hit at a regularly basis by that lack of support and it happens = to affect a greater number of the ports including some popular programs. >>>=20 >>> For example rubygems.org misses IPv6 support, rendering more than = 1.000 ports unfetchable and not buildable at an IPv6 only connection. = Same is true for Firefox and Thunderbird. >>=20 >>> Even codeload.github.com is not reachable via IPv6. >>=20 >> They are aware of this and have been regularly contacted by various = people from industry as well. >=20 > rubygem.org closed multiple open requests tickets ;) >=20 > If possible we find a solution for this denier. Maybe an IPv4 to IPv6 = tunnel added to known ports as fallback? I could also provide a server = as fallback serving the needed files. Lets discuss this later! Well, all official FreeBSD project hosted geo-dns served mirrors do = support IPv6 so the fallback to one of those should always succeed if = the distfile is there already. /bz=
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