(Removing bind-announce from distribution list) > I want to know what does this "func" tag mean? > Does it indicate a basic functionality enhancement that was carried out in > the new version
Yes, it means "new functionality", and usually also implies that there's new configuration syntax or a significantly altered API. Historically, we've usually only put [func] changes into the newest development branch, but not the maintenance branches--so for instance you'd see them in 9.6.0 or 9.7.0, but not 9.6.1. More recently we've begun selectively allowing functional changes into point releases. For reference, the other tags: [bug], [cleanup], [doc] -- self-explanatory [port] -- portability fix [security] -- bug fix addressing a security flaw [placeholder] -- used when a change was made in a maintenance branch but not in the main development branch; we put a placeholder note into the main branch so we won't accidentally reuse the change number. [experimental] -- a change we expect to revisit (these are quite rare, and I believe all of them have been converted to some other tag by now). -- Evan Hunt -- e...@isc.org Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
