[bind10-dev] FreeBSD port for BIND 10 available for testing

[Francis Dupont]

> On the botan site, it claims that you can in fact run the configure script 
> with python's 2to3 script --

=> the last time I tried it didn't work.

> I would suggest filing a ports bug to have 
> them do this if the system python is "3", instead of pulling in python2.  

=> who are them? of course if we can get a botan configure which works
with python 3 too it will be greate.

> This is probably also a trivial patch for someone more familiar with 
> makefiles than myself, to submit with the PR.

=> the issue is not the makefile but the python script...

> The benefits of having python2.7 on a system JUST to run a configure 
> script are dubious at best, plus the added complication of having two full 
> pythons installed, plus the extra build time.

=> I fully agree and in the long term python 2 should be replaced.

Thanks

Francis Dupont <fdupont at isc.org>