Is IPV6 option still necessary?

LuKreme kremels at kreme.com
Thu Oct 10 15:17:13 UTC 2019


On Oct 9, 2019, at 00:15, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt at freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> I agree I don't see the reason why we should keep that ipv6 option. When off
> this option does not bring much value to the users as the code for apps to
> support ipv6 mostly reside in the libc. Actually that was my intent in 2012 to
> first turn it on by default everywhere and then drop the option entirely.

My isp does not support ipv6, so my services are not set to use it. I did have to specifically disable it in configuration for something, I forget what, but I have never felt the need to disable it in builds.

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