Re: Time to stop buildling named (and friends) by default in 6-current?

From: Robert Watson (rwatson_at_FreeBSD.org)
Date: 03/18/05

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    Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 12:14:03 +0000 (GMT)
To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>

    On Thu, 17 Mar 2005, Doug Barton wrote:

    > Scott Long wrote:
    > > John Baldwin wrote:
    >
    > >> If we are going to do this, then why not just have users install bind
    > >> from ports and only install the client as part of the base system?
    > >> This is what we do with DHCP for example. Basically, if it's going to
    > >> be an optional component, I think it belongs in ports, not the /usr/src.
    > >
    > > I agree here, though maybe the argument is moot now that Doug imported
    > > 9.3.1 last night? Not changing the status quo is ok too.
    >
    > Scott, did you see my response to John's post? I don't consider any of
    > this a done deal, but I had to get 9.3.1 in the tree asap in order to
    > try and make an MFC before 5.4 goes out. If we collectively decide to
    > strip named and friends out of the base, we can still do that. I know
    > how to remove files from the vendor branch now. :)

    Personally, I'm something of a fan of keeping the complete BIND in the
    base tree as is -- built by default, but not started at boot by default.
    It's well-maintained, historically "BSD", and probably widely used as
    such.

    Robert N M Watson

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