Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 00:04:23 -0800 (PST) From: Christopher Nielsen <enkhyl@scient.com> To: Brian Feldman <green@zone.syracuse.net> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, John Hay <jhay@mikom.csir.co.za>, Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IPv6 in -current Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810292239520.324-100000@ender.sf.scient.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810291934010.29446-100000@zone.syracuse.net>
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I talked to the KAME folks a while back about helping to integrate their work into -current. The response I received was that they were integrating into one of the 3.0-BETA snapshots (unsure of which one), and that any patches I had to bring it up to -current would be useful once that integration was complete. My life's been kinda turned upside down recently, so I've been too busy to work on this (and other things I sorta committed to for FreeBSD) I'm not sure of the status on their integration. I'd certainly be willing to help out with testing, and when my life settles down a bit, I might be able to help with implementation, too. I'm another one that would really like to see IPv6 and IPSEC in FreeBSD. On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, Brian Feldman wrote: > Yes, I can understand this. I mean, when things get rushed, noone is happy > (I won't open the 3.0 can of worms, but I'm glad Jordan (or whoever else > did them?) had the guts to say it is a _developer_release_! Damn nestea > bug...)) I am expressing my sentiments that this would be a GREAT selling > point for a later FreeBSD release, just like CAM, SoftUpdates, new VM > system, SMP,the new boot-loader, ELF, all sorts of code rewirtes, etc. are > great selling points for 3.x. Whenever a regional ISP does IPv6, I > wouldn't mind at all in testing/implementing IPv6 in various parts of the > system (and yes, I mean modem ISP *sigh*). Let's not rush it, but we > should get KAME or another IPv6 stack in a vendor branch as soon as > feasible/comfortable. > > Cheers, > Brian Feldman > > On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > It would look Really Good on, say, 3.1-RELEASE release notes to say: > > > * Full IPv6 implementation in-kernel and libc! > > > Just a thought :) > > > > It would suck, however, if the consensus was that we rushed the > > integration just to get the check-mark item. The people in the driving > > seat are acutely aware of the pros and cons, and I'm inclined to accept > > their judgement (while also accepting that supportive noise from the > > userbase such as yours is also *extremely* valuable). > > > > -- > > \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith > > \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au > > \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org > > \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > -- Christopher Nielsen Scient: The Art and Science of Electronic Business <http://www.scient.com>; cnielsen@scient.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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