Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:18:43 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Replacing BIND with unbound (Was: Re: Pull in upstream before 9.1 code freeze?) Message-ID: <4FFBD753.6050105@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4FFB6D37.1040300@m5p.com> References: <CA%2BQLa9B-Dm-=hQCrbEgyfO4sKZ5aG72_PEFF9nLhyoy4GRCGrA@mail.gmail.com> <4FF2E00E.2030502@FreeBSD.org> <86bojxow6x.fsf@ds4.des.no> <89AB703D-E075-4AAC-AC1B-B358CC4E4E7F@lists.zabbadoz.net> <4FF8C3A1.9080805@FreeBSD.org> <20472.51031.308284.775990@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> <4FF8C890.9030408@FreeBSD.org> <CAMjP1KmVDJuKw09UFXb2M6QaL1dD1ocSjMOZLtjKiYFYoF9f4Q@mail.gmail.com> <4FFA7174.7050604@FreeBSD.org> <CAMjP1K=MahXEgHM-gKHFfDpQRDXY_0LGTn0JEE0Zm43%2Bh5jfPA@mail.gmail.com> <4FFA7980.4000707@FreeBSD.org> <CAMjP1K=b8mwqe31m=OqjUV%2BF=B85L4vpfT%2BDj00a1voPB-8TwA@mail.gmail.com> <D49E4B08-AC64-48C0-B918-94A7E30AB981@exonetric.com> <4FFB46A4.5050504@FreeBSD.org> <4FFB6D37.1040300@m5p.com>
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On 07/09/2012 16:45, George Mitchell wrote:
> On 07/09/12 17:01, Doug Barton wrote:
>> On 07/09/2012 06:45, Mark Blackman wrote:
>>
>>> Indeed, 'dig' and 'host' must be present and working as expected
>>> in a minimally installed system.
>>
>> So if you don't like the versions that get imported, install bind-tools
>> from ports.
>>
>> Doug
>>
> Doug, you are one of the people whose writings on the FreeBSD lists I
> most respect.
Thank you for the kind words. :)
> But I think you are wrong about this one aspect of your
> proposed change. To discover that "dig" is suddenly not in the base
> FreeBSD system any more some day would be just about the worst
> violation of the Principle of Least Astonishment for me in many
> years.
All flippancy aside, I understand what you're saying here. The problem
is that we can't keep BIND in the base. Given that, we need to look at
how best to handle the transition.
Doug
--
Change is hard.
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