* James Cloos <cl...@jhcloos.com> [170623 20:15]: > >>>>> "OS" == Ondřej Surý <ond...@sury.org> writes: > > OS> (e.g it is recommended to have bind plugin installed under common > OS> conditions). > > Why is it recommended, though? > > I suspect most use pdns for db backends. > > All of the backends should be suggested, not recommended.
The bind backend is Recommends: because previously it was part of pdns-server. To not break setups relying on bindbackend (at least not more than necessary), everyone(*) gets the same feature set as before. Those who do not want bindbackend at all can purge the package or comment out the launch+= line. C. * Everyone running with the default APT configuration. Setups that run with --no-install-recommends are assumed to really know what they are doing.
