Hello! [Cc to stable_at_, for wider audience] The plan is two axe two old networking protocols from FreeBSD head/, meaning that FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE, available in couple of years would be shipped without them. 1) AppleTalk Last time claimed to be supported by vendor in 2007[1]. In practice had very little use since 90th. Discontinued by major routing equipment vendors since 2009[2]. 2) IPX Last time claimed to be supported by vendor in 2007[3]. In practice had very little use since 90th. Discontinued by major routing equipment vendors since 2011[4]. Current status of these protocols in FreeBSD is "compilable". For the next couple of years, we plan a lot of changes in networking stack, many of which will require changing the protocols, as well. Keeping them in compilable state would require additional manpower, but it is very probable, that after all the changes they will be utterly broken, albeit compilable. P.S. I account any objector as taker of maintainership :) [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_v10.5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_v10.6 [2] http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/iosswrel/ps8802/ps5460/product_bulletin_c25-520459.html [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Enterprise_Server#OES-NetWare [4] http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/novipx/configuration/guide/Novell_IPX_Discontinuation.html -- Totus tuus, Glebius.Received on Mon Oct 28 2013 - 11:42:30 UTC
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