On Sat, Mar 09, 2013 at 01:27:42PM +1100, Gaetan Bisson wrote: > Hi guys, > > Currently we use the BIND code base in two packages: > - dnsutils from [core] provides basic DNS query tools; > - bind from [extra] is the actual name server. > > With the new BIND10 release, the ISC really outdid themselves: all > formerly standalone tools have been merged and rewritten as a python > script which uses bindings to the new libb10-* series of libraries that > are shared with the name server. Python being such a boring dependency, > they introduced another three: botan, log4cplus, and boost! > > That mostly means two things: > - We cannot keep splitting dnsutils and bind anymore. > - I do not want to maintain these packages any further. > > We already have ldns in [core], a much better written (and sane) DNS > library which includes query tools that are near drop-in replacements > for BIND's: use `drill` instead of `dig`, etc. > > So I suggest: > - Any package relying on dnsutils and its tools (dig, host, nslookup) be > ported to use ldns instead - should be straightforward in most cases. > - We ditch dnsutils and bind out of our repos, unless somebody finds > them fun and wants to maintain them in [extra] or [community]. > > Comments or suggestions are welcome. > > Cheers. > > -- > Gaetan
Just a small question, will we provide migration paths for people using bind as nameserver in their internal networks ? -- Ike
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