| From: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Tom Ivar Helbekkmo <tih(at)nhh(dot)no>, PostgreSQL-development <hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>, vixie(at)vix(dot)com |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Re: CIDR/IP types. Was: [GENERAL] big numbers |
| Date: | 1998-09-04 18:40:14 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.4.02.9809041437190.5462-100000@hub.org |
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On Fri, 4 Sep 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Unfortunately, there are few people who can integrate Paul's stuff with
> the current ip_and_mac code, to get the best of both. I would hate to
> throw out the ip_and_mac stuff without knowing if it has certain
> advantages over his in certain areas.
Can we integrate Paul's CIDR type to give us the base, leave the
ip_and_mac stuff in contrib and then once Tom has a spare moment between
feedings *grin* we can get what is in the ip_and_mac stuff integrated?
> Even if you just say, "Paul's is better, throw out ip_and_mac", that is
> all we need.
That woudn't be wise...Paul's stuff focuses on the ip aspect of
ip_and_mac, not the the _and_mac part, which I feel to be as valuable,
especially in a DHCP environment :)
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