Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:37:02 +0100 From: Feargal Reilly <feargal@fbi.ie> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: default dns config change causing major poolpah Message-ID: <20070802153702.300a2ae9@mablung.edhellond.fbi.ie> In-Reply-To: <46B0EDEA.8050608@FreeBSD.org> References: <46B01D5E.6050004@psg.com> <20070801110727.GC59008@menantico.com> <46B0EDEA.8050608@FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:32:42 -0700 Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote: > The root server operators do not make changes in this kind of > abrupt fashion. This, I think, is the root (sic) of the objections here in FreeBSD land. I expect many people think the same of the FreeBSD project - that it won't make changes of this kind in a abrubt fashion, but that is exactly what has happened here. When I was updating, mergemaster highlighted the change and I thought, "How odd, I guess I missed that announcement", and merrily zapped it with my existing config. I didn't get upset, partly because I didn't really think very hard about the impact, but mostly because I assumed I was at fault for having missed the heads-up about it. As to what the default should be, I don't know, that's for all you smart people out there to "debate" so that the rest of us, who are eternally indebted to you, don't have to. I suspect that the vast majority of users also don't have an opinion either way, but enjoy hanging out in the bikeshed, just like me. -fr. -- Feargal Reilly, Chief Techie, FBI. PGP Key: 0xBD252C01 (expires: 2006-11-30) Web: http://www.fbi.ie/ | Tel: +353.14988588 | Fax: +353.14988489 Communications House, 11 Sallymount Avenue, Ranelagh, Dublin 6.
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