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On Jan 27, 2012, at 19:05 , Leon Timmermans wrote: > On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Paul LeoNerd Evans > <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk> wrote: >> Actually while we're on it, could we deprecate the whole thing and >> wholesale point people at IO::Socket::IP instead? The latter is a dropin >> replacement of IO::Socket::INET that can also talk IPv6 too. >> >> What with IPv6's increasing prominence these days, and also the upcoming >> IPv6 launch day in June, it would be nice if core had plenty of >> IPv6-friendly things. > > Why is it again that we don't have it in core yet? Or converted our > toolchain (HTTP::Tiny in particular) to it? Is there any reason other > than inertia? If it is truly a drop in replacement, why is it a separate module ? Why not make the changes to ::INET Graham.Thread Previous | Thread Next