27.01.2017, 12:11, "Konrad Rosenbaum" <kon...@silmor.de>: > Hi Thiago, > > On Fri, January 27, 2017 04:49, Thiago Macieira wrote: >> If it is IPv4, the priority for your issue has just dropped to the floor. >> I >> won't debug IPv4 multicast on Windows, on principle. > >> I will review IPv4 patches, but I will not lift a finger to test them. > > I'm not sure whether this argument is persuasive for you: industry will > stay on IPv4 private networks (192.168.*, 10.*, 172.16.*, etc.) for a LONG > time. The networks are working, the infrastructure is known to every admin > out there, and lots of software has problems with IPv6 if it supports it > at all!
I think here Thiago just stated his personal priorities/interests, not official position of Qt Project. Still, multicast on Linux has much more industrial uses than on Windows. > > In fact quite a few of my colleagues will not recognize 2001:db8::42 as a > valid IP address... > > In short: IPv4 (including multicast, which is used for "message buses") > has to work well for the foreseeable future. Even on an OS that we both > would not recommend for production use... ;-) > > Konrad > > _______________________________________________ > Development mailing list > Development@qt-project.org > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development -- Regards, Konstantin _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
