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Date:      Fri, 23 May 1997 23:59:21 +0200
From:      sthaug@nethelp.no
To:        black@zen.cypher.net
Cc:        roberto@keltia.freenix.fr, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Named -- Specifying addresses to bind to.
Message-ID:  <21922.864424761@verdi.nethelp.no>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 23 May 1997 17:04:32 -0400 (EDT)"
References:  <Pine.LNX.3.91.970523170311.2188I-100000@zen.cypher.net>

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> ugh, this is like pulling teeth.  the issue is not EXACTLY which version 
> of bind is included in the release, but rather only that it is RECENT 
> because the ancient one currently in the distribution is inadequate.

The BIND version in FreeBSD-current is based on 4.9.5-P1, which was
released 18 December 1996. I'd hardly call that ancient. The BIND
version in FreeBSD-2.2.2 is based on 4.9.4-P1, which was released
5 August 1996. Not as good, but not exactly ancient either.

Yes, I agree that bind 8.1 has features that some people really need.
But a lot of people also need *stability*, and bind 8.1 is just new
enough (released 6 May 1997) that it may not be wise to import it into
the main tree yet.  A better choice for most people would probably be
4.9.5-P2, which is just around the corner.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no



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