On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 12:21:35PM +0100, Sergio Talens-Oliag wrote: > > 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. Ok. Perhaps mention something about the zonefile format in the description of oak? > 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? I personally believe that Debian provides too many options, and that more effort should be spent making sure the options we *do* provide are good ones. However, I use bind for everything, so I'm not in a position to say that one DNS server is better than another (except for bind :). I just want to make sure that developers are aware of the packages we already have before adding more packages, and I would like the developer's decision-making process to be reflected in the description so that users can also weigh the advantages of each package. So -- if *you* believe that this is a good package to have in Debian, please proceed with the upload and ignore me. :) -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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