Re: [PATCH 0/5] transport: unify ipv4 and ipv6 code paths
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> These patches eliminate some ifdef-ery concerning NO_IPV6. I used
> them when writing the SRV patch, which applies on top, but it's
> probably best to think of it as an independent topic.
>
> Patch 4 is the heart of the series. It provides an interface similar
> to getaddrinfo that can be implemented on top of either gethostbyname
> or getaddrinfo and puts each implementation in a separate file. This
> way, callers can just use the common API and they do not need to have
> two copies of their code, one for each host resolution API.
>
> Patches 1-3 move code around until all the code that patch 4 touches
> is in one place.
>
> Patches 5 is a potential error handling improvement noticed while
> writing patches 1-4. It's probably not actually needed but it was a
> comfort to me.
>
> These patches have been in use in Debian since June of last year. I'd
> like to see this in mainline early in the 1.7.11 cycle to make coding
> that touches this area during that cycle more pleasant. Thoughts of
> all kinds welcome.
What happened to this series?
Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@gmail.com>