[Pdns-users] 61 kbyte separate package of the most current powerdns recursor

[bert hubert]

On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 12:24:53AM +0800, Justin Hammond wrote:
> Just a idea, might be worthwhile versioning these "snapshots" with a  
> SVN revision number, to help us (the users) and at least you, to know  
> what version we running when reporting problems etc.

Sure - things will be exactly like the rest of the nameserver. This release
was just a test but it has drawn a lot of downloads already. Will formalise
things soon.

> Second, in regards to your question about packaging a separate  
> release for the recursor, why don't you include the recursor in the  
> standard PDNS releases you do (same as today) as well as offering a  
> separate versioned release for the recursor. For me, I use the PDNS  
> on my nameservers, of which 2 are serving recursing clients as well,  
> so its just a bit more "troublesome" to download or keep track of two  
> releases rather than one.

One problem is that if I want to do a release, both the authoritative and
recursing parts need to be in a useful state, which is not always the case. 

Also, there is no need to to upgrade both in sync if you are running both
parts.

Thanks.

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