WIndows DNS (master) -> BIND (slave)

[Kevin Darcy]

Clenna Lumina wrote:
> Kevin Darcy wrote:
>   
>> Clenna Lumina wrote:
>>     
>>> Kevin Darcy wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Donny Jekels wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Effectively I learnt today that I do not have to pre-create minimal
>>>>> zone files for each zone I'd like to dump to the slave.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is that fact documented anywhere?
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> Why would you expect all possible *negatives* to be enumerated in
>>>> documentation?
>>>>
>>>> - No, you do not need to "pre-create minimal zone files" before
>>>> doing zone transfers
>>>> - No, you do not need to declare yourself a candidate for President
>>>> of the United States before invoking "rndc"
>>>> - No, you do not need to sacrifice chickens naked by moonlight
>>>> before constructing a "sortlist" directive (although the insanity
>>>> induced may help)
>>>>
>>>> You assumed something that wasn't the case. Don't blame the
>>>> documentation. Just deal with it and move on. Lesson learned.
>>>>
>>>> - Kevin
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Being a little harsh aren't you? I think theres a big difference
>>> between "pre-create minimal zone files" and "sacrifice chickens" or
>>> "declare your self a canidate for President". The first actually has
>>> something to do with Bind, the others complete do not. I would think
>>> it would be worthy of mention in the docs, as no everyone is clear
>>> on that sort of thing when you're starting out.
>>>
>>> Many things out there have an FAQ section in the docs (Perl, PHP,
>>> Apache, etc), seems that would be a perfect section for the
>>> "pre-create minimal zone files" issue (stating simply that one need
>>> not do so.)
>>>
>>>       
>> Where do you draw the line on "things that are not necessary in order
>> to do X"? I was merely illustrating how ridiculous things can get
>> once you start down that slippery slope.
>>     
>
> Well, form what I've gathered from the likes of Perl, it can benificial 
> to many to add what ever seem to make sense to an FAQ or so, as long as 
> it bares relavance to the central topic and isn't redundant. The whole 
> point of docs/FAQ is to help the user out. Esepcially, but not limited 
> to, new ones.
>   
The "F" in FAQ stands for "frequently".

I've never seen anyone assume they had to "pre-create minimal zone 
files" on a BIND slave before. Doesn't seem very "frequent" to me.

                                                                         
         - Kevin