On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 06:04:23PM -0000, Christos Zoulas wrote: > In article <20200527141158.ga16...@bec.de>, > Joerg Sonnenberger <jo...@bec.de> wrote: > >----- Forwarded message from Christos Zoulas <chris...@netbsd.org> ----- > > > >Date: Sun, 24 May 2020 15:26:41 -0400 > >From: Christos Zoulas <chris...@netbsd.org> > >To: source-chan...@netbsd.org > >Subject: CVS import: src/external/mit/libuv/dist > >Reply-To: source-change...@netbsd.org > > > >Module Name: src > >Committed By: christos > >Date: Sun May 24 19:26:41 UTC 2020 > > > >Update of /cvsroot/src/external/mit/libuv/dist > >In directory ivanova.netbsd.org:/tmp/cvs-serv18348 > > > >Log Message: > >Import libuv, needed by bind-9.16.x > > > >---- > > > >Why was this import not discussed before it happened? I remember quite a > >few concerns about the long term state of BIND and whether it wouldn't > >be better to drop it (potentially in favor of Unbound), so it seems > >somewhat rude to just import another not so small and redundant library > >without any discussion. > > My fault. I did discuss it on icb and with core and people felt it was > easier to add libuv and keep bind. We can remove both of them in the > future.
Well, even if it is a short-gap measure, can we at least stop installing it and link it internally into BIND? Others have mentioned it, but it is quite likely to create a lot of headache otherise. Joerg