-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> > Yes I did. I usually consider the options for a DNS server to be: > > > > Windows (bletch) > > Oh, I assumed we were talking Free Software :) Oh we are. I was trying to demonstrate the availabilty of non-BIND DNS software. Like I said: outside of BIND & djbdns there isn't much that's not crappy, proprietary, or both. [...] > > dents? > > Yes, that was it ... I've heard rumors that it's dead, so I assume > it's dead. Well, with no new releases in two years & no mailing list activity in 18 months... [...] > > They work for me. Did you turn on JavaScript in Konqueror? > > No ... new to Konqueror. Thanks :) No prob :) [...] > Agreed (though I think some of what Bernstein says is twisted and > presented by his foes out of context). However, there's no denying > that he's tough to deal with. > > I'll post the URL if you want to investigate for yourself. Please do - it's hard to find anything on his website. > He doesn't place any restrictions on use or modifying the code. He > does place a restriction on redistributing modified code, which I find > odd given his rant about software licenses :) Yes, that's what gets most people. Should DJ Bernstein abandon djbdns like he did with qmail the djbdns users in the world would be in a world of hurt, trying to get (potentially) incompatible patches sorted out. Oh, no, wait, they already do... (I just found djbdns.org) > To be frank, I think the real reasons djb software is not included in > Debian and other distributions is because > > 1) people don't like him, and > > 2) FHS/FSSTND arguments. (For more FHS arguments. check out the > debian-devel archives over the past few weeks :) I think this one extends into the source modification - for some reason DJ Berstein likes to put his "config files" (that's a very loose description) in weird places like under /var; symlinks can't take care of all of them, so the source has to be modified. > > Yay! We agree on something! :) > > Possibly even more than one thing :) :) - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG fingerprint: 9BF9 D84C 37D0 4FA7 1F2D 7E5E FD94 D264 50DE 1CFC GPG key id: 50DE1CFC GPG public key: http://tux.creighton.edu/~pbrutsch/gpg-public-key.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine iD8DBQE7Xl0//ZTSZFDeHPwRArbNAKC3qtc7SAjKxI/YGaqL1ky37WlmswCdFwig I0k6PJryh+5rXWLlLah5OA4= =enSk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
