Feature changed by: Joachim Werner (joachimwerner) Feature #312491, revision 8 Title: Explicit IPv6 support for YaST printer module - openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed + openSUSE Distribution: Evaluation by project manager Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Johannes Meixner (jsmeix) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Currently there is not any kind of special IPv6 support in yast2- printer. Currently IPv6 works only where it is compatible to IPv4 but there are cases where IPv6 needs special handling: For example the tests whether or not a remote host is accessible run "ping IP-address or hostname" which fails if IP-address is an IPv6 address because for IPv6 ping6 must be used. See bnc#697833 Unfortunately ping6 cannot be used for IPv4 addresses so that yast2- printer needs to implement special distinction of cases in particular if a hostname is given depending on whether or not this hostname has an IPv4 or IPv6 address or both. Probably there are some more special distinction of cases needed to distinguish between IPv4 and IPv6 stuff. Discussion: #1: Satoru Matsumoto (heliosreds) (2011-06-10 03:06:07) @Johannes Please do not request same features again and again. If you have something to add, just edit your description or add comments instead of requesting again. #2: Johannes Meixner (jsmeix) (2011-06-10 10:39:00) (reply to #1) Please do fix webFATE so that it does not show again and again big red error messages full of technical stuff which is meaningless for me so that I do not have to try again and again to get it accepted by webFATE trying out various modifications hoping to make webFATE more hape to finally accept it until I give up to find out later by the webFATE mails that webFATE had actually accept it multiple times. By the way: This is my THIRD attempt to get this comment added via webFATE web interface! + #3: Joachim Werner (joachimwerner) (2013-08-08 16:15:20) + While IP v6 support as such is mandatory for SLE 12, I'm starting with + "important" for this feature, knowing how much we already have on the + table for YaST2. There shouldn't be anything in printer configuration + as such that makes us technically non-compliant. + A major rework of the printer module is more likely to happen for SP1 + and then would definitely also cover full IP v6 enablement. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312491