bug#35959: IPv6 for elpa.gnu.org

[Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>>     Юрий> I'm using EMACS and would like to use elpa on one of my hosts, which
>>     Юрий> is IPv6 only. But unlike gnu.org elpa.gnu.org has only IPv4 address.
>>     Юрий> I believe it's not hard IPv6 there as well.
>
> This was requested a little while ago, but indeed currently elpa.gnu.org
> is IPv4-only.  To make it IPv6, it needs an IPv6 entry in the DNS, it
> needs its network interface to acquire this IPv6 address, and it requires
> the rest of the FSF's network to propagate the corresponding IPv6
> packets to that host.
>
> When we (an FSF sysadmin and myself) looked at it earlier this year, there
> was a problem in the FSF's infrastructure (the 3rd part).  I can't quite
> remember what it was, but I have the vague impression that it had to do
> with the VM host being currently itself limited to IPv4.
>
>> That host is not managed by the Emacs team.  Iʼm not sure who *does*
>> manage it, and itʼs not obvious from the website.  Stefan, is this
>> one yours?
>
> The maintenance is done in part by myself (the one within the VM, mostly
> limited to the part directly relevant to the GNU ELPA archive) and in
> part by some of the FSF sysadmins (the part outside the VM).  For this
> specific issue, it's best to send the request to sysadmin@gnu.org (and
> put me in Cc).

Thanks.  That was 1 year ago, but I'm now forwarding this request to
sysadmin@gnu.org with you in Cc.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas