Point release of NTPSec

[Eric S. Raymond]

Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net>:
> 
> >> Is there time to add an IPv4 only initialization option for NTS?
> > Options are bad, in general. Explain why you want this> 
> 
> (I was going to poke you on this.)
> 
> There is a bug waiting for your comment - #666.  Looks like you found it.
> 
> > I hate options.  They add complexity and proliferate test path. The codebase
> > has quite enough of them already.
> 
> > I'm going to go with "We can change the current code to give a warning but
> > not crash." 
> 
> Should be easy to fix.  If nobody else gets to it, I will, but that may not 
> happen as soon as you might like.

I don't feel a lot of urgency about it, either. Cwerainly not a release blocker.

> Note that in this case, an option might be easier to test.  To test the 
> warning path we have to setup a no-IPv6 box.

But doing the right thing is better than a switch.  And the test is a
cost that only needs to be paid once.
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		<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>