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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Bringing IPv6 to KDE
From:       Alex Zepeda <jazepeda () pacbell ! net>
Date:       2000-12-24 12:21:49
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On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 12:20:38AM -0200, Thiago Macieira wrote:

> And the process actually boils to these few steps:
> 1) write the key, base classes into libkdecore and make sure they're
> binary compatible
> 2) modify KURL to accept the raw IPv6 addresses in URL (RFC 2732)
> 3) modify FTP ioslave to use the IPv6 extensions (RFC 2428)
> 4) modify any other protocols that require use of IP address
> 5) hunt down improper uses of sockets and things we broke

Well if you're going to modify the ioslaves, IMO you should start with
TCPSlaveBase, and convert the FTP slave to use this as well.  This way,
you've got one centralized bit of code.

- alex

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