IPv6 Compliance for networkd

[Muggeridge, Matt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lennart Poettering <lennart at poettering.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 4:22 AM
> To: Muggeridge, Matt <matt.muggeridge2 at hpe.com>
> Cc: systemd-devel at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: Re: IPv6 Compliance for networkd
> 
> On Mo, 11.12.23 19:14, Muggeridge, Matt (matt.muggeridge2 at hpe.com)
> wrote:
> 
> > Hello, networkd developer community,
> >
> > I am hoping to rally support for making networkd IPv6 compliant and
> > I'm will to help, but cannot do it alone. Is there any interest in
> > making systemd-networkd IPv6 compliant?
> 
> Well, interest is relative. I think for most people IPv6 already works well
> enough, they don't really care about compliance programs on this so much.
> But as long as the requirements are reasonable they also wouldn't mind (and
> prefer) if networkd passes those qualifications.
> 
> > There are many organizations (especially US Government) that mandate
> > IPv6 compliance (USGv6).  Products that are dependent on networkd
> > cannot be bid to these customers.
> 
> For the people currently involved with networkd upstream this is not a top
> priority. If this is important to you however, that's great, we are happy to
> review/merge patches.
> 
> > How do I engage with the right people in the developer community?
> 
> Send PRs via github.
> 
> > Thanks,
> > Matt.
> >
> > PS: Mailing list topics go unanswered and github issues get lost in
> > the noise, so I'm hoping there's a more efficient way to collaborate.
> 
> It's an Open Source project: if something matters a lot to you, then please file
> PRs to get the work merged. We generally try to review PRs sooner or later,
> but we are swamped with work, so it might take a while. Just filing issues
> (while also appreciated) will usually not magically make somebody work on
> this for you though. It's kinda the same with most open source projects btw.
> 
> If this is something you'd like to see addressed soon, I'd recommend maybe
> paying some consultancy (we have worked with codethink on some projects,
> they should be willing to work on this, are capable and now hot get stuff in
> systemd done).
> 
> If you don't have the cash for that, it might work to get funding from this from
> organizations such as the German STF and things like that. I am pretty sure
> that the US has something similar?
> 
> Anyway, judging by your email address I understand you work for HPE, so I'd
> assume your company actually has the funds to payroll this though, if this
> matters to you.
> 
> Lennart
> 
> --
> Lennart Poettering, Berlin

Thanks Lennart.  That all makes sense.

Cheers,
Matt.