Bug#172962: IPv6 support (more info)
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On Wed, 1 Jan 2003, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 07:39:16PM +0100, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote:
> > I hope this will make some things more clear about the IPv6 status.
> [...]
> > At this point in time I would suggest to proceed with inclusion and be
> > ready to merge with 4.3.0, test and send upstream. More than rejecting the
> > patches I do not see any other simple solution in a short term. Of course
> > we can just wait and see but of course the final decision is up to
> > Branden.
>
> I will not have Debian's XFree86 packages break protocol compatibility
> with upstream XFree86.
Of course this is a very very good argument perfectly understandable.
>
> I am on the fence regarding these patches until I know whether they do
> so or not.
fair enough...
>
> In any case, getting these patches aired upstream (XFree86, not
> necessarily X.Org) is a very, very good idea, because people much
> savvier with X protocol design and implementation details can thus get a
> good, critical look at it.
>
Im working on pushing them to X.org and hopefully to get atleast an answer
back. If there will be no answer XFree86 will be the next step, and I
perfectly agree with you about a good deep review.
I leave up to you if you wish to close this bug or not. I do not mind
either way and for sure i'm not the one going to play tennis with BTS ;)
Thanks a lot to all the people that have answered back with comments and
help.
Best Regards
Fabio
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