Net::Ping IPv6 Support

[VinsWorldcom]

It seems Net::Ping doesn't support IPv6 so I set about writing a patch and submitting the patch with a 'feature request' under the CPAN RT bug tracker: https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=80479

I also emailed every address for every author / maintainer of Net::Ping I could find on CPAN and in the POD. That was 4 weeks ago.

Perhaps I should just wait longer, but I thought the 1 month was customary before escalating. I'm not looking to take over maintenance of Net::Ping, but I would like some help finishing the patch (ICMPv6 has an issue but all other methods works) and perhaps writing it properly for a new version. I'll admit my patch is not the best bit of coding as I try to shoehorn IPv6 support into current Net::Ping where a module architecture redesign might better serve the final product.

Anyone know if Net::Ping is still actively maintained? Anyone care to help finish the IPv6 support?

[runrig]

It is a core module, and the latest version (bundled w/perl) is 2.38, although CPAN shows 2.36. Perhaps it is no longer maintained individually and change requests should go to P5P?

[Anonymous Monk]

It is a core module, and the latest version (bundled w/perl) is 2.38, although CPAN shows 2.36. Perhaps it is no longer maintained individually and change requests should go to P5P?

Let see, the Net::Ping docs still says report bugs to RT, but the module isn't in http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/tree/HEAD:/cpan/Net-Ping but it is in http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/tree/HEAD:/dist/Net-Ping

perlsource#Core modules only says that modules in /cpan/ should use individual RT bugtrackers, it kinda looks like it implies reports for /dist/Net-Ping should go to perlbug/p5p

[VinsWorldcom]

I must admit I'm a casual Perl user despite having a few CPAN modules and writing a (perhaps questionable) patch. I'm not familiar with the bug reporting other than CPAN RT. I do appreciate your advice and I did get a BitCard account and report the "wishlist" with 'perlbug'. We'll see what comes from that.

Thanks again for the direction!

[Anonymous Monk]

There is always the nuclear option :) upload a fork (unauthorized version)