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Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#6707) Announce server on LAN
From: "andrearo@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <andrearo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 02:55:36 -0800
Reply-to: rt@xxxxxxxxxxx 
<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=6707 >

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, andrearo@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > So; multicast or broadcast?
>
> I like the multicast solution. People who think otherwise, speak up now or
> remain forever... well, prepared to write new patches, since I intend to
> commit the announce patch soon.

Yes, multicasting seems to be the best solution. Also, broadcasting has
been removed from IPv6, so multicasting is the best long-term solution.

> We'll get lots of user feedback when it is in cvs, it is easy to change,
> and it is a while yet until release.

Do you want any other changes to the patch now?

 Andreas Røsdal
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