Bug#560238: tech-ctte: Default value for net.ipv6.bindv6only sysctl
Russ Allbery writes ("Bug#560238: tech-ctte: Default value for net.ipv6.bindv6only sysctl"):
> Having a different default on BSD than on other platforms strikes me as
> asking for trouble (in particular, asking for obscure portability issues
> to BSD systems that most developers don't test on).
I think the bug logs are talking about other BSDs, not Debian
GNU/kFreeBSD. Our decision will bind Debian GNU/kFreeBSD although the
exact mechanism will vary. I agree that both should do the same.
> There's also the meta-question of whether we need to make a decision at
> all. Marco's last message on this topic to debian-devel said basically
> that he thinks the default should be set back to 0, so possibly this is
> happening without our involvement?
That's nice but I think we should continue anyway. (I'm not up to
date with debian-devel.) As a matter of procedure, I think it's fine
for us to carry on with making a decision provided it isn't actually
moot yet.
Ian.
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