Fabio Massimo Di Nitto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > IPv6 is an official subproject founded by Craig Small, even if we host > experimental packages outside Debian for various reasons.
I think that might be way, way too formal for what it is. I'm not too fussed what it is called as it was setup pragmatically for a practical purpose. The problem was with IPv6 was there was no coordination. Someone would make a package or have a technique for IPv6 but noone else knew about it so there was duplication and wastage. I thought this was silly, as did a lot of others but I was also a Debian webmaster (though in the end it didn't matter). So I went to the other webmasters and said I want to put up a page about IPv6 in Debian so there was a rallying point or a start where people could lookup the current status. Jay said fine, but you've got webspace as p.d.o/~csmall/ so stick it there because it is just a lot easier but there should be a link to it from the main Debian website and oh by the way there were these other things and they should have a link too so write up a page with all these Debian bits so we don't have to think too hard when the next one comes along. That's how the IPv6 sub-project started. I'm pleased that despite my lack of effort it has done very well. That is due to other people stepping up and doing things, such as Fabbione. Just like TINC, there are no subprojects, they're just a figment of a developer's Debian webspace and a link off the page on the main site. I'm not going to buy into what they *should* be, but a least you know how IPv6 started. - Craig I'm not on debian-devel, so please CC me. -- Craig Small VK2XLZ GnuPG:1C1B D893 1418 2AF4 45EE 95CB C76C E5AC 12CA DFA5 Eye-Net Consulting http://www.enc.com.au/ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIEEE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian developer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>