IPv6 support for runserver

[jbalonso]

The runserver management command does not support IPv6 addresses. The attached patch does the following things (all relatively minor) to add that support:

1. Adds an --ipv6, -6 option (default disabled) to runserver's options list.
2. Adds a test for socket.AF_INET6. If it's missing, raise a command error about IPv6 support in Python.
3. Change the addr:port split code from split(':') to rsplit(':',1).
4. Change the default address from 127.0.0.1 to ::1 when IPv6 is being enabled.
5. Signals the run routine from django.core.servers.basehttp by a named enable_ipv6 parameter.
6. Change the aforementioned run routine to declare and use, only when enable_ipv6 is true, a WSGIServerV6 class to override the default address family (set to AF_INET by python's SocketServer.TCPServer class).

[jbalonso]

IPv6 support for runserver against rev 7871

[Jeff Anderson]

I'm definitely a huge +1 on this. Marking as post-1.0 because it isn't necessary to get 1.0 out the door. It is too small a feature to but on the official "maybe" list, but if the patch works now I see no reason to delay it past the 1.0 release.

[jbalonso]

I'm posting an updated patch, now with improved paying-attention-to-directions (I didn't run svn diff from the root of trunk the first time around) and documentation. I did my best to blend in my documentation with existing style, but I encourage extra scrutiny on my first contribution.

[jbalonso]

IPv6 support for runserver and docs against rev 7920

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Milestone post-1.0 deleted

[Sasha Romijn]

Is jbalonso still tracking this ticket? It's been quiet for a year.

Also, why is this in design decision needed? It seems like a pretty normal thing to add, and the patch seems OK (although it will probably need updating to apply cleanly to trunk).

[jbalonso]

Replying to erikr:

Is jbalonso still tracking this ticket? It's been quiet for a year.

Yes, I'm still here. It's been closer to two years, actually.

Also, why is this in design decision needed? It seems like a pretty normal thing to add, and the patch seems OK (although it will probably need updating to apply cleanly to trunk).

I haven't been keeping the patch up-to-date (or even checking, for that matter), because I wanted to hear a "Yes, we'll take that" rather than chasing trunk on a whim and a prayer.

That said, I'd happily brush it up again.

[Łukasz Rekucki]

I took the liberty to update a patch to revision 13350. One important change, is that the URL for IPv6 should be ​http://[address]:port/ (with brackets).

[jbalonso]

Awesome! You beat me to the punch by about a day--I had just pulled trunk to work on updating my patch. I like your more-compact style better.

[Łukasz Rekucki]

Updated patch: Use "[200::addr:1]:port" format for IPv6 and detect it. Enable ipv6 in testserver.

[Jannis Leidel]

(In [14711]) Fixed #7735 -- Added support for IPv6 adresses to runserver and testserver management command. Thanks to Jason Alonso and Łukasz Rekucki for the report and initial patches.

[Jacob]

Milestone 1.3 deleted