Differences between 8.x and 9.x

[Cris Rhea]

> > Is this a typical response from a typical member of this list?
> 
> > I actually spent a good 30 minutes looking around the ISC site, reading the
> > FAQ and looking for any mention of what I was looking for..... and if you
> > would like to read it... surprise... no mention of the differences... I
> > actually thought it would be something that would be a common question....
> > perhaps frequently asked?  It is only at the last resort did I join the
> > mailing list...
> 
> Spending time in a webbrowser gives seldom any _real_ knowledge.
> 
> If you on the other hand had bothered to pack up the distribution and read
> the usual "CHANGES,FAQ,README" files in the build directory +
> the directory "doc" you would have seen more.

Honestly, I can see why someone would go to the web site for info first... I'm *sick*
of seeing the packages put out in the Linux world where the README was from the
original 1.0 release of a package (written by the original author) and the package is
at the 6.7 release. The CHANGES and FAQs files frequently start out "This document 
is no longer kept up to date. Please see www.productsite.com". Man pages are no longer
maintained in favor of Texinfo files.... 

Seems like these days, having accurate information actually -in- the BIND release is 
the exception instead of the rule....


Just my $0.02.


--- Cris

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