Drop CONFIG_IPV6 ?

[Robert Marko]

Hi,

I am not one of the core devs, but I don't see a point in disabling
IPv6 in 2022.
Since 21.02 4/32 MB devices aren't viable anymore, can somebody
comment on whats the actual size reduction
cause I don't see that helping to squeeze stuff like PHP, etc that
somebody mentioned?

Even if your ISP doesn't provide IPv6 (Mine doesn't as well), I don't
see the downside of having IPv6 support.
I am pro ease of maintenance instead of the dependency mess that now
has to exist.

Regards,
Robert

On Mon, 14 Mar 2022 at 07:15, Reiner Karlsberg <karlsberg at softart-ge.com> wrote:
>
> Practically always I disable IPv6. First of all, to get rid of stuff, which might be "nice to have", but is not required
> "to do the job". The less code I have running, the smaller the probability to run into bugs.
> Second, it is a good method to reduce the requirements on flash, when having many non-standard packages installed, i.e.
> squid or PHP.
> Third, I often have to connect via wireless WANs, not supporting IPv6 at all.
>
> So, pls do _not_ remove CONFIG_IPV6
>
> Cheers,
>
> Reiner
>
>
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