On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 6:45 PM, Doug Barton <do...@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On 07/07/2012 16:34, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote: > > On 7. Jul 2012, at 23:17 , Doug Barton wrote: > > > >> On 07/07/2012 14:16, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote: > >>> > >>> On 3. Jul 2012, at 12:39 , Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > >>> > >>>> Doug Barton <do...@freebsd.org> writes: > >>>>> The correct solution to this problem is to remove BIND from the base > >>>>> altogether, but I have no energy for all the whinging that would > happen > >>>>> if I tried (again) to do that. > >>>> > >>>> I don't think there will be as much whinging as you expect. Times > have > >>>> changed. > >>>> > >>>> I'm willing to import and maintain unbound (BSD-licensed validating, > >>>> recursive, and caching DNS resolver) if you remove BIND. > >>> > >>> I'd object to it. Trading one for another without gaining anything > does > >>> not help us much. > >> > >> Au contraire. It solves the problem of BIND release cycles not matching > >> up with ours. This is a very important problem to solve. > > > > Right and unbound et al are better? Bind at least gives us long term > > support releases these days. We just need to make sure we pick them > > for releases. > > > > > >> I've already written at length as to what I think the dream solution is, > >> but we don't have anyone willing to code that yet, and even if we did, > >> there is no guarantee that we'd get the buy-in to make it happen. In > >> addition to being a good first step, doing this for DNS will also help > >> us shake out the exact issues you allude to below. > >> > >>> Don't get me wrong I have both running for years and even maintain > patches > >>> for unbound for 2 years now for functionality they do not provide, > which > >>> named happily gives me. > >> > >> Other than authoritative DNS, what features does unbound lack that you > want? > > > > DNS64 as a start. > > Personally I would classify that as a highly-specialized request, and > would point you to the bind* ports. I acknowledge that others may have a > different view. I am unclear on how this solves the main problem I think was stated about syncing up with release branches. If it doesn't solve that, isn't this just busy work? -- Adam Vande More _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
