Hal Murray <hmur...@megapathdsl.net>:
>
> >> Is there time to add an IPv4 only initialization option for NTS?
> > Options are bad, in general. Explain why you want this>
>
> (I was going to poke you on this.)
>
> There is a bug waiting for your comment - #666. Looks like you found it.
>
> > I hate options. They add complexity and proliferate test path. The codebase
> > has quite enough of them already.
>
> > I'm going to go with "We can change the current code to give a warning but
> > not crash."
>
> Should be easy to fix. If nobody else gets to it, I will, but that may not
> happen as soon as you might like.
I don't feel a lot of urgency about it, either. Cwerainly not a release blocker.
> Note that in this case, an option might be easier to test. To test the
> warning path we have to setup a no-IPv6 box.
But doing the right thing is better than a switch. And the test is a
cost that only needs to be paid once.
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<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>
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