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Sorry, but are you saying "almost nobody needs IPv6, so why care"? That's why we still can't have nice things.
by drdaeman 16y ago
Sorry, but are you saying "almost nobody needs IPv6, so why care"?
That's why we still can't have nice things.
- iuguy 16y agoNo, on the contrary. What I'm saying is that IPv6 doesn't have enough traction, there's a finite number of developers and there are features that will be used by more people that should take more priority. To put it another way, a native IPv6 client isn't necessarily as innovative as some of the other pending features. Not having DHCPv6 native isn't the end of the world and is a minor annoyance for a few. Putting a team on implementing DHCPv6 for a small subset of users takes people away from things like bugfixes. DHCPv6 is not trivial. If Apple found a feature that relied upon IPv6 then I imagine a DHCPv6 client would be a priority. As it is, in the meantime you'll have to settle for things like http://klub.com.pl/dhcpv6/ http://klub.com.pl/dhcpv6/ - which at least works on leopard but you'll have to compile it yourself and it's not complete. For some info on what is already possible with IPv6 on OSX take a look here: http://ipv6int.net/systems/mac_os_x-ipv6.html http://ipv6int.net/systems/mac_os_x-ipv6.html
- drdaeman 16y agoSorry for misunderstanding, now I see. Thanks for the explaination!