Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 19:58:02 +0200 From: "Karsten W. Rohrbach" <karsten@rohrbach.de> To: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com> Cc: Dan Larsson <dl@tyfon.net>, FreeBSD Stable List <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: BIND-9.x Message-ID: <20010702195802.A86336@mail.webmonster.de> In-Reply-To: <20010702104752.C2091@freeway.dcfinc.com>; from chad@DCFinc.com on Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 10:47:52AM -0700 References: <20010702143109.K8107-100000@hq1.tyfon.net> <20010702175009.E79697@mail.webmonster.de> <20010702104752.C2091@freeway.dcfinc.com>
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--5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Chad R. Larson(chad@DCFinc.com)@2001.07.02 10:47:52 +0000: > On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 05:50:09PM +0200, Karsten W. Rohrbach wrote: > > bind should be made a port, IMHO, and take it's way out of the base > > system, being replaced by an asynchronous resolver library (there are > > many). >=20 > I hadn't though about that, but I believe I'd support it. the main problem with it is that there's a big *BSD lobby advocating broken-by-design software... but i don't want to start a religious war again, so i better keep my (typing\ fingers|mouth) shut... mailwrapper is a good approach for making sendmail a port finally, so let's see what the reengineering process for getting the resolver out of libc brings us... >=20 > Most (I'm guessing here) FreeBSD systems don't run a DNS server. > Those that need to could install a port. exactly >=20 > BIND seems to be in the same catagory as sendmail, contributed > software that many people prefer to replace with something more > simple. let's say "more convenient due to less upgrades in the same time" here ;-) /k --=20 > Why marry a virgin? If she wasn't good enough for the rest of them > then she isn't good enough for you. KR433/KR11-RIPE -- WebMonster Community Founder -- nGENn GmbH Senior Techie http://www.webmonster.de/ -- ftp://ftp.webmonster.de/ -- http://www.ngenn.n= et/ karsten&rohrbach.de -- alpha&ngenn.net -- alpha&scene.org -- catch@spam.de GnuPG 0x2964BF46 2001-03-15 42F9 9FFF 50D4 2F38 DBEE DF22 3340 4F4E 2964 B= F46 Please do not remove my address from To: and Cc: fields in mailing lists. 1= 0x --5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7QLYpM0BPTilkv0YRAoMvAJ9yQQ9uVbo37Vpfi/zvNo1iVPxbIQCgsx/t mSjQIbeoFnK2OhbABOJ83/w= =EJfl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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