Proposal [Trac #1212]: add IPv6 support to network library

[Bryan O'Sullivan]

Bryan O'Sullivan wrote:
> Here's the Trac ticket:
> 
> http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1212

I've uploaded a hopefully final version of the patch for consideration. 
  It's considerably smaller and cleaner than the original patch after a 
few rounds of feedback, but the API remains the same.

http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/attachment/ticket/1212/ipv6.2.patch

I would like to suggest a comment period of one week.

Thanks,

	<b