Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 09:10:02 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <dev-null@NUXI.com> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Way forward with BIND 8 Message-ID: <20030606161002.GC82589@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <3EE0A4F6.6020201@potentialtech.com> References: <20030605235254.W5414@znfgre.qbhto.arg> <a06001214bb060a199205@[10.0.1.2]> <20030606024813.Y5414@znfgre.qbhto.arg> <20030606133644.GB49662@iconoplex.co.uk> <3EE0A4F6.6020201@potentialtech.com>
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On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 10:28:06AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > The "at this time" part of his response says to me that the current "mixed" > status of 5 as -CURRENT as well as -RELEASE and the current effort to get > 5 -STABLE is what's preventing the import of BIND 9. Once 5 is branched > to a 6-CURRENT, I'm sure the possibility will open up to import BIND 9 > again. At that time ... The problem is that means that all throughout the 5-STABLE branch (I'd figure 2 years), we have BIND8 in the tree and FreeBSD will get less and less support from the vendor for security problems that creap up. It also means the normal world will wait another 2 years until the wind up with BIND9. If we're going to forever stick with anchient versions of stuff in src/contrib; we might as well kick BIND out and require the use of a port. I use FreeBSD because I want fresh userland software (when it is ready, and surely by X.2.2 it is) that is easily installable and upgradeable via 'make world'. Otherwise I'd use NetBSD. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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