Re: [MaraDNS list] MaraDNS 1.4.07 released

Sam,	
	Thanks for this. I have now uploaded 1.4.07-1 to Debian. I should say
something about why deadwood in Debian is taking so long.

	As is normal for Debian, the package tries to install maradns in some
sort of working state but also to respect any changes that the installer
subsequently makes to the config files. This is a Debian feature
requiring specific scripting for that package.

	Unfortunately the implementation for maradns is imperfect. I need to
rewrite that bit from scratch to accommodate deadwood. So my plan is to
distrbute the deadwood version to the rarely used experimental branch of
Debian, but on the understanding that anyone using it has to manage
their own config files - at the very least for deadwood. Then in
1.4.07-2 I will fix the configuration issue. Then finally I will merge
deadwood into the main line.
	

	


On 20/11/11 17:22, Sam Trenholme wrote:
> Nick,
> 
> Here is the changelog (I updated it when I released 2.0.04):
> 
> maradns-2.0.04:
> 
> This is a stable release of MaraDNS.
> 
>         AngelD's issue with zone transfers when there are a lot of
> FQDN4 records fixed.
> 
>         Karim's issue with '/read' directive fixed
> 
>     (2011.11.12)
> 
> maradns-1.4.07:
> 
> This is a legacy release of MaraDNS. All patches are backports of
> MaraDNS 2.0 bug fixes.
> 
>         A typo fix for fetchzone
> 
>         AXFR-over-UDP packets are now correctly marked "truncated"
> 
>         It is now possible to have the '/' in hostnames
> 
>         Fix for Debian bug #607739: Hostname shown when complaining about
> DDIP issues
> 
>         AngelD's issue with zone transfers when there are a lot of
> FQDN4 records fixed.
> 
>         Karim's issue with '/read' directive fixed
> 
>     (2011.11.11)
> 
> Source: http://maradns.org/changelog.html
> 
> You can also look in the "update/" folder to see all of the patches
> that update a given version of MaraDNS and Deadwood.  All MaraDNS and
> Deadwood updates are done by running a script that patches against the
> source code and makes any other changes to the code; this script is
> also included in the update directory.
> 
> For example, MaraDNS 1.4.07 updates are in update/1.4.07/ in the 1.4.07 tarball.
> 
> I am hoping we can get people to move up from MaraDNS 1 to MaraDNS 2
> -- the MaraDNS 1 recursive resolver works, but by the time I
> shoehorned everything in to the resolver to get it to work, the code
> was so messy as to be nigh-to-unmaintainable.
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 5:42 AM, Nicholas Bamber <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Sam,
>>        I have been through the old emails and put together a patch to get the
>> changelog uptodate. I really would appreciate it if I didn;t have to do
>> this. I need the upstream changelog partly so I can easily see what has
>> changed and patly because Debian policy asks for it.
>>
>> On 18/11/11 07:17, Nicholas Bamber wrote:
>>> Sam,
>>>       Could I make a really beaurocratic request? Could you post back on the
>>> mailing list the missing changelog entries from 1.4.06 onwards. Also
>>> please make sure subsequent releases keep this information uptodate.
>>> (Please don't make any sort of release for this. That would just create
>>> extra work for no gain, not even for beaurocrats.)
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/11/11 18:52, Sam Trenholme wrote:
>>>> There really isn't that much difference between the branches right now
>>>> ... the 1.4 branch right now is simply 2.0 with the messy legacy
>>>> recursive code still intact.
>>>>
>>>> That would change if I get a chance to implement split horizon (one
>>>> issue with split horizon is that I can't really implement it without
>>>> slowing down things a little for users who don't need split horizon.
>>>> I'll probably make it a compile-time #ifdef)
>>>>
>>>> But first, let me see if I can fix one of Deadwood's bugs which slows
>>>> down recursion for hosts in Akamai-style CNAME hell.
>>>>
>>>> - Sam
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 1:04 AM, Nicholas Bamber <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> Sam,
>>>>>        Thanks. It's a good thing I use git and can switch between the legacy
>>>>> and experimental branches easily.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12/11/11 01:44, Sam Trenholme wrote:
>>>>>> ............. I was
>>>>>> able to release MaraDNS 1.4.07 today. >
>>>>>> - Sam
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Nicholas Bamber | http://www.periapt.co.uk/
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>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Nicholas Bamber | http://www.periapt.co.uk/
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