SV: BIND 9.1.2 and TinyDNS???

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

	Hey guys I know you like arguing but the code that does
	what you are arguing about has been released, in two alpha
	releases.

	Also remember that BIND is a open source project.  If you
	don't like the order in which features are added you are
	free to implement them yourself and hopefully contribute
	back the changes for the benefit of everyone.

	This is how I got involved in BIND in the first place.  I
	wasn't happy about its behaviour in one area and dived in
	and fixed the code in that area.  It cost me and the
	organisation I was working for time less time and hence
	less money than it would have taken to "manage" the problem
	without fixing the code.  It also helped that it could be
	argued that it fitted within the core goals of that
	organization which allowed me to spend additional time
	after the initial problem was addressed.

	Mark

> 
> > > Having it on the feature list doesn't make it work
> > > any better today and that's the state I can test against. If the BIND 9
> code
> > > was bearing (as it should) designations like version 9.0.0b38 then that
> > > argument could certainly be understandable. However, it's bearing
> release
> > > numbers and I don't think it's unfair or premature to treat it as such.
> > 
> > So your criticism basically boils down to a beef with ISC's 
> > release numbering scheme (???)
> > 
> > - Kevin
> 
> No, my beef is that there is no memory management beyond "gimme more, more,
> more". You said that I was premature to criticize BIND 9 for it's lack of
> memory management because it's on the feature list. If BIND 9 were still in
> pre-release, that argument would be understandable but it's released code
> bearly release numbers. Until resource limits make it from the "to-do" list
> into the released code, my criticism remains accurate. Don't get me wrong,
> I'll be quite pleased to see some resource limits make it's way into BIND.
> It'll be nice when my OS's install with a name server that I don't have to
> immediately replace.
> 
> Matt
> 
> 
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