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ID: 40510
Updated by: cataphr...@php.net
Reported by: lew dot payne at gmail dot com
Summary: Add multicast support in sockets.c
Status: Assigned
Type: Feature/Change Request
Package: *General Issues
Operating System: FreeBSD 6.2-REL
PHP Version: 5.2.1
Assigned To: cataphract
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
Chris, PHP 5.2 is dead, adding this feature to it is out of question.
Adding it to PHP 5.3 depends on the release master, but probably won't
be possible due to the need to keep binary compatibility.
Previous Comments:
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[2011-03-02 11:08:52] chrisw at networkm dot co dot uk
Judging by the amount of Google space taken up by people trying to do
this (including myself) I am very much in favour of moving this issue
forward ASAP. I also agree with the IPv6 support (to a point), but if
this is to be added to PHP 5.2.x I would suggest it may not be necessary
to implement at this stage.
Moving forward, shouldn't we be encouraging the use of 5.3.x for
new/upgrading users? In which case, I would suggest that adding full
IPv6 support against 5.2 might be a waste of time - I would imagine
there would be a lot of work involved in adding full IPv6
multicast/anycast support, whereas the existing supplied patch would
presumably only require minor modifications to bring it into line with
the current 5.2 releases.
I am all in favour of fully supporting IPv6 in 5.3, but I also believe
that in the interests of speed it would be useful to have this, simpler,
IPv4 multicast support in 5.2.
Maybe this would be considered an un-productive approach, but it's just
a thought...
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[2011-03-02 10:43:32] cataphr...@php.net
I understand you're frustrated with the lack of progress in this issue,
but I assigned this to myself because I intend to implement this feature
soon (read: in a matter of weeks, not years).
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[2011-03-02 05:01:20] lew dot payne at gmail dot com
This ticket was opened four years ago, at which time I supplied source
code that
I had modified to work on FreeBSD (the original only worked on Linux).
If you
want to "seriously consider" IPV6 support, please seriously consider
finally
integrating this patch, and then waiting another four years before
considering
IPV6. Yes, I'm being sarcastic... but with good reason. I was
basically given
the runaround, via email with whomever looks at these bug reports, to
the point
where I simply decided it's easier to *not* contribute anything. I find
it both
irritating and ironic that, four years later, there is yet another
suggestion on
delaying the commitment of this patch (e.g., IPV6). And you think
government is
discouraging and bureaucratic?
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[2011-02-27 17:15:53] cataphr...@php.net
I think IPv6 support should be seriously considered before committing a
multicast patch.
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[2011-02-27 09:48:11] paj...@php.net
Please provide an updated patch and phpt against trunk
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