Re: State of ppp
James Franklin wrote:
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> http://kt.linuxcare.com/debian-hurd/dh20000816_57.epl#2
After going through the messages some obvious questions are popping up in my
mind.
1. There was a reference to a patch (by Thomas Bushnell) to pfinet to counter
its current limitation of handling only one interface (i.e ethernet +
loopback). Is this patch integrated into the main source code? If not, where is
the patch? Why was it not integrated into the mainstream?
2. I found that a hell lot of discussions on "HOwto do it" has happened in this
list, without any logical conclusion. I do not claim to understand each and
every method suggested. Why is it so difficult to fix up a way to implement it?
I think once we fix the way to go, rest of the job will be smooth.
Without PPP, I don't think, individuals (particularly in Asia), will be able to
try out GNU/Hurd, and hence the development and usage will suffer. Without PPP,
GNU/Hurd will remain a research OS for ever. PPP is an imeediate necessity and
we need to act fast to make it happen.
--
Ramakrishnan.M
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