Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 23:28:07 +0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>, current@FreeBSD.org Cc: stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [heads up] axing AppleTalk and IPX/SPX Message-ID: <526E8287.8080609@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20131028124221.GO52889@glebius.int.ru> References: <20131028124221.GO52889@glebius.int.ru>
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On 10/28/13 8:42 PM, Gleb Smirnoff wrote: > Hello! > > [Cc to stable@, for wider audience] > > The plan is two axe two old networking protocols from FreeBSD head/, > meaning that FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE, available in couple of years would > be shipped without them. > > 1) AppleTalk > > Last time claimed to be supported by vendor in 2007[1]. In practice > had very little use since 90th. > Discontinued by major routing equipment vendors since 2009[2]. I did a lot of work on this to get it going in the 90s but really it's only current value is as an example of a non-IP protocol. (and the same for IPX, which was what Novell used to use I believe.) I'd be pretty amazed to discover anyone still used either. ok I did see someone talking about IPX a while back but, really it should probably go.. the timeframe is good.. "shoot in 11" :-) > 2) IPX > > Last time claimed to be supported by vendor in 2007[3]. In practice > had very little use since 90th. > Discontinued by major routing equipment vendors since 2011[4]. > > Current status of these protocols in FreeBSD is "compilable". For the > next couple of years, we plan a lot of changes in networking stack, > many of which will require changing the protocols, as well. Keeping > them in compilable state would require additional manpower, but it > is very probable, that after all the changes they will be utterly > broken, albeit compilable. > > P.S. I account any objector as taker of maintainership :) > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_v10.5 > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_v10.6 > [2] http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/iosswrel/ps8802/ps5460/product_bulletin_c25-520459.html > [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Enterprise_Server#OES-NetWare > [4] http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/novipx/configuration/guide/Novell_IPX_Discontinuation.html >
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