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From: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>
Subject: Re: BIND 8.1.1
To: gordon@drogon.net (Gordon Henderson)
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 09:09:46 +1100 (EDT)
Cc: steve@visint.co.uk, sthaug@nethelp.no, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.971125204643.13531A-100000@unicorn> from "Gordon Henderson" at Nov 25, 97 08:50:06 pm
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In some mail from Gordon Henderson, sie said:
> 
> Converting the zone files from 4.X format to 8.x format might not be a
> trivial task for some people. True, there is a little perl script which
> will do the bulk of the work, but for an ISP who acts as secondary for
> 1000's of their customers zones, they also have to make sure that they can
> get the information in the right format from their customer! 

Well, it shouldn't take long to write a perl script to convert that
information into an entry for BIND 8 if they're already passing you
something to plug into the BIND 4 .conf file.

Configuration file difference aside, either someone takes the plunge
and merges all the BIND 8 features into BIND 4.9.6 (creating a BIND
4.10 or wahtever) and continually updates to match or FreeBSD changes
to BIND 8 (a much more sensible idea).

Personally, aside from the new parts to the configuration file (which
I believe add lots of gnarly new features), I find the new syntax much
easier to read and more intuitive.  Sure your file might be bigger,
but it won't hurt your brain as much.

Darren