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Re: iperf status



nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost> writes:

> On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 10:59:00AM -0500, Greg Troxel wrote:
>> So that leads me to think that on the todo list should be:
>> 
>>   tweak iperf3 DESCR to say it's the standard approach
>> 
>>   change iperf DESCR to note that it is no longer maintained
>> 
>>   update net/iperf to the continuation fork in (3) above
>
> What about removing net/iperf and importing the fork as net/iperf2?
>
> I think if we are going to version things we should not have
> the old version be the default.

Yes, good point.   I tend to not like churn and gradually slide into
versioned, but as I see it iperf2 is now fringe and iperf3 mainstream,
so the renaming pain is outweighed by the reduced confusion on normal
users.

I'll do this at some point.

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