Re: [HACKERS] cidr

> On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > We can call it cidr.  That is fine.  I was just concerned that if we put
> > it in contrib, that people who have never heard of cidr, like me, can
> > recognize the usefulness of the type for their applications.
>
>     IMHO, those that will use it, will know what it is...AFAIK, CIDR
> is a pretty generic/standard term, one that I've known for at least 6
> years now, so it isn't really "new-style".
>
> > Yes, I agree, this is a HOT type, and should be installed in the default
> > system.  Contrib is for testing/narrow audience, and this type certainly
> > should be mainstream.  This is the third generation of the type, with a
> > wide audience.  int8 is also coming into the main tree via Thomas.
>
>     Contrib for v6.4, mainstream by v6.5?

ip_and_mac was contrib for 6.3.  Why not mainstream for 6.4?

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