On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, OpenMacNews wrote: > hi philip, > > per a post > (<http://lists.apple.com/archives/Unix-porting/2004/Nov/msg00030.html>) by > Jordan Hubbard (Engineering Manager, BSD technology group, Apple Computer) on > apple's unix-porting list re: BIND_8_COMPAT utilization ... > > "It would be better if you ported this software to the BIND9 APIs anyway > (or found someone able to do this for you). We're going to retire the BIND8 > compatibility APIs in the not-at-all-distant future and the BIND_8_COMPAT > hack was a solution which was only destined to work for a release or two. > Its days are numbered." > > it may, hence, be worthwhile to _avoid_ the BIND_8_COMPAT flag altogether ...
I am sure there are many, many sites round the world that are still running Bind 8. It takes a long time for obsolete software to go away (just take a look at Exim 3 for a start). So the necessary work would not only be to move Exim to the Bind 9 API, but also to implement a backwards compatibiity feature for Bind 8. This is unlikely to be done in a hurry. -- Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714. Get the Exim 4 book: http://www.uit.co.uk/exim-book -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-dev Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ##
