Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 03:14:54 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org, Stanislav Sedov <stas@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Results of BIND RFC Message-ID: <20100402101454.GA62089@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <11597.1270200291@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <20100402021715.669838e0.stas@FreeBSD.org> <11597.1270200291@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 09:24:51AM +0000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <20100402021715.669838e0.stas@FreeBSD.org>, Stanislav Sedov writes: > >On Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:55:07 +0000 > >"Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> mentioned: > > >Sorry, I think I was not clear enough. > > Sorry for misunderstanding. > > Yes, the case can certainly be made that DNS query tool belongs in the > base system. I disagree (so what else is new?) It should be kept out of the base system. KISS: Doug pulling BIND out of the base system / going ports-only = excellent. Doug making a separate port for BIND-esque DNS query/maintenance tools = excellent. Both of the above can be made into packages. Vendors who use FreeBSD can incorporate said package(s) into their build infrastructure. Folks who do not have Internet connections (yet for some reason want said DNS tools) can install the package(s) from CD/DVD/USB. I want the bikeshed to be black. :-) [1]: FreeBSD really needs to move away from the "base system" as a concept, as I've ranted about in the past. Or if it cannot, the "base system" needs to start using pkg_* (somehow) for use, and src.conf WITHOUT_xxx (where xxx = some software) removed. Concept being: "I don't need Kerberos; pkg_delete base-krb5. I also don't need lib32; pkg_delete base-lib32". Beautiful concept, hard to implement due to libraries being yanked out from underneathe binaries that are linked to them. But you get the idea. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc@parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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