Bug#177285: ITP: oak -- Python DNS Server
On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 12:21:35PM +0100, Sergio Talens-Oliag wrote:
> El Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 05:55:17PM -0600, Steve Langasek escribió:
> > > No, I don't believe that the programming language used to write a
> > > program is sufficient to choose it against others with similar
> > > capabilities, but if you try some of the DNS packages in debian you'll
> > > notice that, apart from bind, the majority of them need a RDBS or have
> > > less features than this one.
> >
> > Can you tell me (because I don't know) which features maradns and pdns
> > (using pdns-backend-xdb) lack compared to oak? From their descriptions,
> > they sound similar to oak; perhaps the descriptions of these other
> > packages need to be improved?
>
> After a quick inspection seems that maradns has all the features, I
> rember trying it a year ago and I didn't liked it (maybe it was the
> zone file format, I don't remember), but it seems it's still in active
> development and maybe is time to give it a new try.
>
> And about pdns, when I looked at it it was only authoritative and I it
> worked only with RDBMS, I'll try it again.
>
> Apart from that, do you think I have to retire the ITP because there
> are too many DNS servers in Debian? I think that one of the good
> things in Debian is that you have a lot of alternatives, and if the
> packages work and are actively maintained ... where is the problem?
Hi
You should not withdraw your ITP for that reason. I also like debian because
it gives you alternatives. Just go ahead if you think you can manage the
package in good shape.
Regards,
// Ola
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