Re: AppleTalk status

From: Robert N. M. Watson <rwatson_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 14:16:34 +0100
On 25 May 2010, at 14:13, Nathan Whitehorn wrote:

>> I'm working on updating net/netatalk to version 2.1 (or 2.1.1 when that comes out the next couple of days), and I'm wondering what state AppleTalk support is in these days.  Is anybody still using it, or would now be the time to make all AppleTalk support in that port optional, and just focus on the file server component?
>> 
>> I haven't used AppleTalk for at least eight years now, and I don't quite see which setting it still would be used in nowadays...

> I use it successfully on a router to connect my antique AppleTalk-only laser printer. It seems to work quite well still.

I can confirm that whenever kernel netatalk gets broken, I get bug reports. :-) However, it hasn't gotten broken in a year or two so I've not polled recently.

Robert
Received on Tue May 25 2010 - 11:16:37 UTC

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