Re: IPv6 in Debian
On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 07:52:47PM +0200, Tomas Pospisek wrote:
> Hallo Release Team,
>
> I've read in the release goals:
>
>> RELEASE GOALS
>> =============
>>
>> * full IPv6 support
>> Advocate: Martin Zobel-Helas
>
> and wrote to Martin Zobel-Helas who redirected me here.
>
> My experience with IPv6 in Debian is foremost that it's a pita.
>
> Debian enables IPv6 by default.
>
> * AAAA before A DNS lookup
[...]
> * Software that binds to the first socket found
[...]
Both of those problems seem to be problems in specific pieces of
software. I suggest you file bugs against those packages and tag them
with the ipv6 tag.
> * The cost of disabling IPv6
I don't think that should be needed, and the software behaving wrong
should get fixed instead.
> So before pushing IPv6 even further into Debian I ask you to consider
> whether the foundation that is laid today is sane enough or whether it
> should be improved with priority.
I think the point of adding better ipv6 support is actually fixing those
pieces of software that don't behave properly, in either an ipv4-only or
ipv6-only world. They should be written that they should work with any
protocol.
> Please don't judge this memorandum based on the fact that the problem in my
> specific case might sit in front of the keyboard, and instead please take
> into account that a default instalation should *just* run in the most
> common cases without the need to tweak - that is without the need to switch
> off something as "exotic" as IPv6.
I've never actually had a problem on ipv4-only hosts. It would be nice
if you could describe your problems in more detail.
Kurt
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