> I am not sure that there is a difference. For me, "default" is "the
> behaviour you get when you do the absolute minimum of work", which is,
> for most Unix, typing "aptitude install bind" or "emerge bind" or
> "pkg_add bind".

For some sysadmins, that's the absolute minimum of work.  For others, the
absolute minimum is to take their existing named.conf and zone files from a
running server and drop them onto a new system with no modification.  If
you've changed the _intrinsic_ default behavior, then their nameserver
won't work anymore; they'll have to edit their files to add new directives
to bring the original behavior back.  This will make them grumpy.

But if whoever does the packaging provides a default config file (or a
suite of them to choose from, perhaps), without altering the intrinsic
behavior of named, that satisfies both kinds of sysadmin.

-- 
Evan Hunt -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.

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