BIND in the base

[Ed Schouten]

It wasn't a single person decision. Trhodes wanted to maintain it.  
After some discussion we agreed having it in ports would make it  
easier for tom to maintain.

-- 
  Ed Schouten <ed at 80386.nl> (from iPod)
  WWW: http://80386.nl/

On 23 sep 2009, at 11:27, Julian Elischer <julian at elischer.org> wrote:

> Oliver Fromme wrote:
>> Peter Wemm wrote:
>> > On the subject of host/dig/nslookup.  We had an old 'host' and
>> > 'nslookup' that were replaced with bind's heavyweight versions.
>> > Perhaps those could be revived and refreshed?
>> >  > The functionality of 'host' that I care about is:
>> > [...]
>> The functionality of 'host' (and 'dig') that I care about
>> is the fact that it ignores /etc/hosts and nsswitch.conf
>> and always uses DNS.  This feature has been invaluable
>> for me for debugging DNS issues.
>> BTW, it's a pity window(1) was removed from base.
>> The removal breaks several scripts of mine, particularly
>> ones that are specifically designed to run without any
>> ports installed.
>
> Actually I had to go look at CVS (I couldn't work out how to get
> svn to tell me who removed it) to see who took it out and when.
>
> I don't recall any discussion of this, and while it may have been
> the right answer, I think it was poorly handled.
>
> It seems it was pretty much a single person's decision,
> and I object to that as it did go against POLA.
> It should have been discussed more at least.
>
>> Please let BIND stay.  And sendmail, too.
>> Best regards
>>   Oliver
>
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