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Re: Is there a place for ndjbdns in Debian



On 20 February 2014 19:48, Andreas Metzler <ametzler@bebt.de> wrote:
> Dariusz Dwornikowski <dariusz.dwornikowski@cs.put.poznan.pl> wrote:
>> I am working on a MaraDNS package, the upstream Author, Sam Trenholme
>> suggested that maybe it could also worth packaging ndjbdns, a djbdns
>> fork but with GPL licence and all bugs fixed. Also the upstream of
>> ndjbdns is quite responsive and active.
> [...]
>
> Hello,
>
> from a users point of view I would love to see a tiny performing DNS
> cache in Debian which is maintained upstream. However judging from the
> respective descriptions on the web I guess that deadwood should work
> as well as a djbdns fork.
>
> OTOH I wonder what would keep you as maintainer interested in taking
> care of two different packages doing basically the same job. You will
> soon find out that you like one better and will only use this one. You
> might then have a hard time motivating yourself to invest time in the
> other one.
>

Thank you. I think ill just stick to maintaining maraDNS then.



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