From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Thu Oct 10 16:57:45 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BE23143C10 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2019 16:57:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bapt@FreeBSD.org) Received: from smtp.freebsd.org (smtp.freebsd.org [96.47.72.83]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 46py212LGNz4Kjg; Thu, 10 Oct 2019 16:57:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bapt@FreeBSD.org) Received: from ivaldir.etoilebsd.net (etoilebsd.net [178.32.217.76]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: bapt) by smtp.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 10DBC7EC; Thu, 10 Oct 2019 16:57:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bapt@FreeBSD.org) Received: by ivaldir.etoilebsd.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 94E9295098; Thu, 10 Oct 2019 18:57:42 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 18:57:42 +0200 From: Baptiste Daroussin To: Lars Liedtke Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is IPV6 option still necessary? Message-ID: <20191010165742.5pmobr34dkjoowd6@ivaldir.net> References: <20191009061538.re66hcii2z73ry6p@ivaldir.net> <00A8CB48-BEEC-432C-8600-4AC333443131@kreme.com> <566f28fc-8c6b-0d43-8455-0524e1965896@punkt.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="xqbhdihf7klyezhr" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <566f28fc-8c6b-0d43-8455-0524e1965896@punkt.de> User-Agent: NeoMutt/20180716 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 16:57:45 -0000 --xqbhdihf7klyezhr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 05:40:55PM +0200, Lars Liedtke wrote: >=20 > Am 10.10.19 um 17:17 schrieb LuKreme: > > On Oct 9, 2019, at 00:15, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > >> I agree I don't see the reason why we should keep that ipv6 option. Wh= en off > >> this option does not bring much value to the users as the code for app= s to > >> support ipv6 mostly reside in the libc. Actually that was my intent in= 2012 to > >> first turn it on by default everywhere and then drop the option entire= ly. > > My isp does not support ipv6, so my services are not set to use it. I d= id have to specifically disable it in configuration for something, I forget= what, but I have never felt the need to disable it in builds. > > > Why not just make building in IPv6 support the default, and introduce a > flag if someone really needs or wants to build without that support? >=20 > Best regards >=20 Which is the current situation ;) Except the ipv6 options is inconsistently spread accross the ports, most of= the ports do not even support building without ipv6 etc. Which is why came the question about why not removing that option totally, because the current situation is clearly inconsistent. Best regards, Bapt --xqbhdihf7klyezhr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEEgOTj3suS2urGXVU3Y4mL3PG3PloFAl2fYwQACgkQY4mL3PG3 PlrV7g/+O75xVtM6I8hyS33hyTTuN8ttwg5OU9AZBnp9unkjMqvoFZhFhR6OxXpU oLZdISUGdjCIC6zbQerODG0daOpjww4nXo1adVGsBt0c5SO7CWGleI/+T4UeX5hO Xkc+8z5AOAud2ueDmjj+CXFEQ2dJ65ukpiu9rZ69kMSsDn5k3FJzteW0cBNaKJd+ xIBdLxGj6Pp2xOzpumuJlItr/8uaF59fx4QxNh06MXuvupSb40GS0O7ZXtiTljs7 1IA0HBCTh9Il9yqhs05EPLPiclWBWg1+PGn56rxRoA5lg6S0zFonnmcdICOKowE3 5dZnmfGkUZVYKYehRieB/tL2bicxD0lzT/mRs0vnvmiibwjjgSJlEIOYpx6b2xd1 mK7AbIK3n6RE7BrZQZMI6v+LgBMZ5igbM6ul+JZ2n5K9M5bgaoUnylUlxr2X7QSI Th9gIJdNIBd6biHOYuDbJ+qrOws4XYb3ZlPL/vMo+aQs5xxFSXJmWdAdDxk0/lfZ kAEVjEGYWeHiPHI5gVQrV8yochPAfIy+d0HmanWNqv72rIlgQ2LWBaw6jXiFwIbd jmTwtx/rRvgv/fe7cVJNXHMSsLSh717m+VlheMtsRytl0dH2fvNOe/t00pTKcjlL aqe4W4DkWcEeXv/BueCr/89fde5S+ET+0VunK8td/0WvE0hocE0= =I3Xa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --xqbhdihf7klyezhr--