Yes, this has been discussed before and rejected for this exact reason. I am not going to implement this.
Ondrej -- Ondřej Surý <ond...@sury.org> (He/Him) > On 30. 4. 2021, at 18:03, Chris Hofstaedtler <z...@debian.org> wrote: > > Hello, > > please do not use alternatives for dig/kdig. These tools are > *debugging* tools, and while they are mostly compatible, they > diverge in certain ways, including various default settings. > > kdig also does not print its version number or identifies itself as > kdig. > > Its extremely important when debugging DNS problems or anything > else, that the tools one is using, are exactly the tools one expects > to be using, and not "transparently" something else. > > Please reconsider. > > Thanks, > Chris >