From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 6 00:09:05 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E693D37B404; Fri, 6 Jun 2003 00:09:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc11.attbi.com (rwcrmhc11.attbi.com [204.127.198.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7876843F75; Fri, 6 Jun 2003 00:09:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@freebsd.org) Received: from master.dougb.net (12-234-22-23.client.attbi.com[12.234.22.23](untrusted sender)) by attbi.com (rwcrmhc11) with SMTP id <2003060607090501300akks2e>; Fri, 6 Jun 2003 07:09:05 +0000 Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 00:09:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030605235254.W5414@znfgre.qbhto.arg> Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Way forward with BIND 8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 07:09:06 -0000 [ Please respect followups to -arch, thanks. ] As most of you are probably already aware, there have been two recent releases of BIND 8. Version 8.3.5 is the "bugfix, and new minor features" release on the 8.3.x branch that we've currently got in the tree already. 8.4.0 is (more or less) the "all the bug fixes from 8.3.5, plus support for IPv6 transport" version. Because there are over 14k lines of diff between the source for 8.3.5 and 8.4.0, I'm hesitant to import the latter right away. Instead, as the nominal BIND maintainer, I'm proposing the following plan: 1. Import 8.3.5 into HEAD, and upgrade the bind8 port. At the same time, create a bind84 port for the 8.4.x branch. The port will include the PORT_REPLACES_BASE functionality that we already have. 2. At some suitable point in the near future (definitely before the next 4.x release), MFC 8.3.5. 3. At some suitable point in the future, probably after the BIND 8.4.1 release, import 8.4.x into HEAD. I'm definitely in favor of improving support for IPv6, and BIND 8.4.x is going to be a big step in this direction. I'm just not sure that we should be adopting it in the base right away. My personal feeling is that having it in the ports for the convenience of early adopters is sufficient. However, my purpose in writing is to poll the community... I'm willing to be persuaded if folks have strong feelings about adopting 8.4.x in the base sooner rather than later, speak up now. FYI, for those wondering why I'm not considering BIND 9 for import, please see http://people.freebsd.org/~dougb/whybind8.html Doug