curl-library
Re: libcurl IPv6 dualstack support
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 11:14:55 -0700
Thanks for the explanation.
Bin
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 6:18 AM, Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se> wrote:
> On Fri, 11 May 2012, Bin Wang wrote:
>
> Daniel and all,
>>
>> I understand that one of the todo items for libcurl is to provide better
>> IPv6 dual stack support, as described here:
>>
>> http://curl.haxx.se/docs/todo.**html#Happy_Eyeball_dual_stack_**connect<http://curl.haxx.se/docs/todo.html#Happy_Eyeball_dual_stack_connect>
>>
>> Is this item currently being worked on?
>>
>
> I don't think so. I don't work on it and I've not seen anyone mention them
> working on it. I added it the TODO since I want to see it being handled,
> but I have no expectations of being able to work on this myself within the
> nearest future.
>
> If anyone else grabs it and wants to work on implementing it, I will
> certainly try to help out.
>
>
> With the World IPv6 Day approaching and the inevitable fact that IPv6 and
>> IPv4 will coexist for long time, it seems reasonable to make this one a bit
>> higher priority. Some updates on this would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>
> In a project with only volunteers, there really isn't anything like a
> single priority. Everyone works on whatever they think is important and I
> gladly accept changes in all areas that improve our project. We provide the
> TODO document to give people a sense of which things we'd like to see.
>
> If people truly want happy eyeballs support in curl, if that was important
> for someone, then I would expect that someone to come here and work with us
> to get it done...
>
> --
>
> / daniel.haxx.se
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