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Date:      Thu, 27 Nov 1997 19:50:19 -0500 (EST)
From:      Mike <mike@seidata.com>
To:        Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk>
Cc:        Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, peter@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: BIND 8.1.1
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971127193922.13610D-100000@seidata.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971125114621.19632E-100000@dylan.visint.co.uk>

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> Couldn't 8.1.1 be made a package/port in the meantime, it would make
> life a bit easier for all the isp folks who run FreeBSD. 

It would promote that key virtue of system administration: laziness. ;)
Indeed, I'm sure it could easily be made a package, but...

> How many (any?) new users will chose Linux/BSDi/Solaris or whatever else
> is now running 8.1.1 by default ? 

If installing BIND 8 causes a potential sysadmin to choose another OS,
that sysadmin won't last long in the real world.  The BIND 8 install is
cliche easy (1-2-3).  See http://www.isc.org.

---
 Mike Hoskins
 SEI Data Network Services, Inc.
 mike@seidata.com




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