On 07.10.2019 13:18, Yasuhiro KIMURA wrote: > On October 10, 2012 IPV6 option of all ports was enabled by > default. Commit message said "We are in 2012, it is time to activate > IPV6 options by default everywhere". > > And now we are in 2019. IPv6 is more widely used than 2012. So I > wonder if IPV6 option is still necessary. > > If you use official packages then you always use IPv6-enabled > binaries. And even if you build packages by yourself you still use > IPv6-enabled ones unless you disable IPV6 option. So I think at most > only a few people uses IPv6-disabled packages. > > Are there anybody who still disables IPV6 option for some serious > reason such as working around IPv6-related problem? If there aren't > then I think it's time to remove IPV6 option from ports framework.
Think about embedded systems designed for internal use mostly/only (limited or no global connectivity) with very constrained space for a code. Ability to reduce code bloat is good thing. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
