Re: dnsmasq 2.71 for wheezy-backports
On 07/08/14 15:02, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> Markus Kasten <debian@markuskasten.eu> (2014-08-07):
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I'd like to propose a backport of dnsmasq 2.71 (or >= 2.63) for
>> wheezy-backports.
>> The version thats shipped with Debian Wheezy (2.62-3) is pretty old
>> and does not support the --bind-dynamic option. This also kind of
>> conflicts with the current libvirt-bin backport, which needs dnsmasq
>>> = 2.63 for assigning publicly routable IPv6 addresses to guests.
>> There are probably a bunch of other reasons for backporting it, but
>> these are the arguments I came up with.
>>
>> If there's no one responsible for dnsmasq backports, I'd be happy to
>> create one (although I haven't done that before :).
>
> Hi Markus,
>
> it's usually a good idea to put the maintainers in the loop. They might
> have valuable input, be interested by your joining their team, and
> committing your work to $VCS (among other things).
>
> Mraw,
> KiBi.
>
Happy to assist with getting a backport done. I'd like, if possible, to
see a 2.71 backport with DNSSEC support enabled.
Cheers,
Simon.
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