Hello RJ! 28 May 15 10:09, you wrote to me: AL>> 1.0.5 is still a work in progress; that's why I haven't committed AL>> it to the Sourceforge Hg repository yet. RC> Ah, I'd wondered; I'm used to seeing a post about releases but I RC> thought perhaps I'd missed something... When a release happens, it will be posted here and on SourceForge. AL>> I gave a copy to Sean Dennis for his use in setting up his new AL>> BBS, and he shared it in his DropBox. RC> So that's how Michael Ryan got ahold of it... AL>> 1.0.5 should be considered alpha/beta code, and not for AL>> production use. Once I am finished with the work in progress, I AL>> will probably commit the changes as 1.0.6 to avoid confusion. RC> That might be a good idea... It should help avoid confusion, especially with the extra source code repository that was set up. AL>> At that time, I will gladly send you the source archive for AL>> your Debian packaging efforts. RC> I appreciate that but it's not entirely nececceary if a copy is RC> hatched out and/or put online at SF. (I don't recall who put the RC> v1.0.4 archive online at SF?) Now that the Hg to Git import is RC> working well (using I uploaded the archive to SourceForge when 1.0.4 was released. AL>> That being said, anyone who has downloaded 1.0.5 should not AL>> notice any issues as long as they don't attempt to specify a AL>> literal IPv6 address as the hostname for a node they connect to. AL>> mbcico currently only supports IPv6 connections to hosts that a AL>> DNS lookup returns an AAAA record for. RC> I've also been wondering about that. I'm planning to set up a new RC> system, in part for testing IPv6 (on Debian 8, where I've not been RC> able to get a manual compile to work yet...), so I've been thinking RC> about what I'll need to do for it's configuration and what I'll need RC> to add for DNS. Are you running your own DNS servers, or are you using a provider? Most providers at this point offer some degree of IPv6 support. I'm currently using the free DNS offering at he.net with no issues. DynDNS does offer IPv6 support also, albeit only with a paid account. Regards, Andrew --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20130910 * Origin: Phoenix BBS * phoenix.bnbbbs.net:2323 (1:320/219)
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