IPv6 support?

[aviallon]

Hello, for our storage system, we use an IPv6-only stack.
We are unable to make that change.

Is there a way to make SaunaFS work with IPv6?

[uristdwarf]

Not directly with SaunaFS at least. IPv4 is hard-coded into a lot of areas, and changing this is not easy (at least not without breaking compatibility with older versions). That doesn't mean it wouldn't be nice to have IPv6 support (contributions are always welcome), but it's definitely not really a priority for us right now.

I think it could be done perhaps as part of a general refactor of the networking code.

[ar-leil]

@aviallon alternatively, it can be considered as part of the custom development as it's not on our roadmap otherwise

[aviallon]

Understood. I'll see what I can do.

[ar-leil]

Thank you, @aviallon, will try to get more accurate estimations and potential caveats on this too for a better understanding of the involved scope.