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People have been asking for IPv6 Support on GitHub since years (probably a decade by now)

... and someone even got so annoyed that they decided to setup a dedicated website for checking this: https://isgithubipv6.live/

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[-] ngn@lemy.lol 3 points 5 months ago

whats the problem with IPv4?

[-] NakedGardenGnome@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 5 months ago

Their ranges are running dry. Nearly all address spaces are taken, so we will need to migrate eventually. However, since almost everyone still supports both, and ipv4 is much easier to read and maintain, adoption of IPv6 has been slow.

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