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Subject: Re: BIND 8.1.1
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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.

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