I understand the backwards compatibility concern, but when I bellow about
IPv6, I'm just suggesting we add it in to LDM in addition to IPv4 to make
it dual stack.
That means two peers could use one or both. That would solve the backward
compatibility problem. IPv6 would just be added as an ability, not a
mandate.
Sorry if I wasn't clear on that. I'd just like to see both in there so all
of us can use one, the other, or both. IPv6 is perfectly suited for
data-heavy feeds like NEXRAD2 because of its packet design. :)
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Brendon Hoch <bhoch@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Blair,
>
> I've heard a similar response when asking about the ability of LDM to
> handle more than 30 feedtypes. One of the things that was mentioned was
> that it would require a new architecture that would not be backwards
> compatible with LDM 6.x, thus causing an impact to the community.
>
> Seeing as how it has been over 10 years since the community moved from LDM
> 5.x to LDM 6.x, I don't think it's unreasonable to ask the community to
> move to a LDM 7.x platform which could potentially incorporate IPv6, >30
> feedtypes and possibly other benefits.
>
> LDM was originally developed to support the university community. The
> number of commercial and governmental entities that now use LDM and other
> Unidata tools has grown rapidly in the last few years. NWS/Raytheon has
> made LDM an integral part of AWIPS II, which puts the developers at Unidata
> in a unique support situation. I encourage the Unidata governing
> committees (Usercom and SAC, formerly Polcomm) to explore ways to encourage
> the corporate and governmental members who have joined this community to a
> play a greater role (either through contributions of funding or programing
> expertise) so that improvements to LDM and other Unidata tools may proceed
> at a more rapid rate.
>
> Brendon
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