On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 08:27:01PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: [cut]
> > Why I've never understood is why it's not the default for a Debian > installation to have its own nameserver. > > Is there a reason to trust anyone else's nameserver? > Well, the reason is simple: Debian was a project whose main objective was to provide a Free Software Universal Operating Systems[1], not a free DNS. We could also ask why on Earth Debian does not provide a HTTP proxy. or an email relay, or a VPN service, or a general-purpose IRC server, which are things that some users would really appreciate, but the answer will be the same: Debian was meant to provide just an operating system (a free software and universal one, though), a selection of packages compiled for a certain platform who talk to each other well, and among which a user can select those that better suit their needs. Fullstop. Up to wheezy, Debian has always been user-neutral (as promised by point 6 in the DFSG [2].....), and was one of the few distributions that were not "targeted" to any specific audience in particular. In a word, a universal operating system. What I didn't really expect was to see Debian force their users doing anyhting in particular or having to accept a policy that is not strictly related to package organisation and management, as it has repeatedly (and sadly) happened in the last months. I bet this DNS thing is just the tip of the iceberg, and more crap is already on its way :( We'd better have this Devuan thing up and running soon... HND KatolaZ [1] https://www.debian.org/intro/about [2] https://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines -- [ Enzo Nicosia aka KatolaZ --- GLUG Catania -- Freaknet Medialab ] [ me [at] katolaz.homeunix.net -- http://katolaz.homeunix.net -- ] [ GNU/Linux User:#325780/ICQ UIN: #258332181/GPG key ID 0B5F062F ] [ Fingerprint: 8E59 D6AA 445E FDB4 A153 3D5A 5F20 B3AE 0B5F 062F ] _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
