Req #40510 [Tbd->Sus]: Add multicast support in sockets.c

From: Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:54:52 +0000
Subject: Req #40510 [Tbd->Sus]: Add multicast support in sockets.c
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 ID:                 40510
 Updated by:         cataphract@php.net
 Reported by:        lew dot payne at gmail dot com
 Summary:            Add multicast support in sockets.c
-Status:             To be documented
+Status:             Suspended
 Type:               Feature/Change Request
-Package:            *General Issues
+Package:            Sockets related
 Operating System:   FreeBSD 6.2-REL
 PHP Version:        5.2.1
-Assigned To:        
+Assigned To:        cataphract
 Block user comment: N
 Private report:     N

 New Comment:

Changed package, re-assigned and more accurately classified as
suspended.


Previous Comments:
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[2011-03-14 01:12:21] cataphract@php.net

Implemented for trunk; to be considered to 5.3 after 5.3.6 release.

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[2011-03-14 01:08:31] cataphract@php.net

Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of cataphract
Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=309198
Log: - Added multicast support to the sockets extension (bug #40510).

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[2011-03-03 01:02:29] cataphract@php.net

Chris, PHP 5.2 is dead, adding this feature to it is out of question.
Adding it to PHP 5.3 depends on the release master, but probably won't
be possible due to the need to keep binary compatibility.

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[2011-03-02 11:08:52] chrisw at networkm dot co dot uk

Judging by the amount of Google space taken up by people trying to do
this (including myself) I am very much in favour of moving this issue
forward ASAP. I also agree with the IPv6 support (to a point), but if
this is to be added to PHP 5.2.x I would suggest it may not be necessary
to implement at this stage.

Moving forward, shouldn't we be encouraging the use of 5.3.x for
new/upgrading users? In which case, I would suggest that adding full
IPv6 support against 5.2 might be a waste of time - I would imagine
there would be a lot of work involved in adding full IPv6
multicast/anycast support, whereas the existing supplied patch would
presumably only require minor modifications to bring it into line with
the current 5.2 releases.

I am all in favour of fully supporting IPv6 in 5.3, but I also believe
that in the interests of speed it would be useful to have this, simpler,
IPv4 multicast support in 5.2.

Maybe this would be considered an un-productive approach, but it's just
a thought...

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[2011-03-02 10:43:32] cataphract@php.net

I understand you're frustrated with the lack of progress in this issue,
but I assigned this to myself because I intend to implement this feature
soon (read: in a matter of weeks, not years).

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