> 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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