Comment 25 for bug 24828

Well, interesting debate. Glad I've made a difference by resurrecting the defect - though getting it put onto the wishlist was not actually what I hoped for!

Perhaps Vicenzo you are right that this needs to go onto a developer discussion, and not just because the defect has been iced. There are real puzzles around. I've done some research, and found that IPv6 is getting another push in the industry - not what I had expected to find. Kristian's question, how does Vista do it, deserves a good answer, and might yield better solutions than merely disabling IPv6 wholesale. I can't personally shed light there - my whole purpose in trying Linux was to avoid Vista!

But I would emphasize that what's at stake here is nothing to do with IPv6. Rather, it's the adoption of consumer Linux, which has an unparalleled opportunity given the disruption which Microsoft is causing with Vista. Ubuntu's reputation makes it a key player in this whole business of Linux adoption.

So the Ubuntu devs in considering this issue are _really_ choosing between being protocol-friendly and being newbie-friendly. I had expected that would be a straightforward call ... but in any case, it's not my call, it's theirs.

That's all from me in this forum until the New Year. Happy Christmas all around (or whatever you're celebrating!).