Re: [babel] [Babel-users] IPv4 over IPv6

Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@toke.dk> Wed, 01 April 2020 19:58 UTC

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Juliusz Chroboczek <jch@irif.fr> writes:

>> I discussed this again with Juliusz, and we also agreed that (2) is
>> more natural, both conceptually and in the code itself — at least in
>> babeld. I'll rewrite the code shortly with option (2).
>
> Let's all sympathise with this poor intern who has to redo everything
> because his supervisor keeps changing his mind.

Much sympathy indeed. Théo, the trick to avoiding this repeating itself
too many times is to develop a keen sense for when your supervisor is
wrong, and managing him accordingly ;)

-Toke