time to finally adopt IPv6 ?

[Bob Bishop]

Hi,

> On 24 Jul 2019, at 14:55, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk at phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
> 
> We have ping(8), and ping6(8), we need to tell route(8) if we want -4 or -6
> and so on and so forth.
> 
> We dont need to rehash why IPv6 is treated as a stepchild, and even
> less if it is anybodys fault, at this point it is an artifact of
> history and just that.
> 
> But isnt it about time we start in earnest to integrate things from
> a command line point of view?

+1

> Even if for source code hygiene points if it amounts to no more
> than ping(8) re-execing ping6(8) when given an IPv6 argument ?
> 
> 
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