From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server-vie001.gnuweeb.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,URIBL_DBL_BLOCKED_OPENDNS, URIBL_ZEN_BLOCKED_OPENDNS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gnuweeb.org; s=new2025; t=1755915477; bh=2HOwWmgXBMTZLkAn0uSgX3ZEI3L7v/+ZxdCrH5lASFQ=; h=MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:From:Date:Message-ID:Subject: To:Cc:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID:Date:From: Reply-To:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:References:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:User-Agent:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=WZF/viBFuRn21mgp0qiDYVhiPx7Akp6HIZzr3gCxLBK/MQSc2xwEn/9X9I0M9xM/F UjTaJtAzNtJv3T7I8E0n8YsCWaiWlvwoLGdXtBO+FGTceWhMoQjchIXXqdkPSWW8E6 86RB2HQTQ2vaZtUj2QCUtDd8ovvNG04Tg9/cROBhF/rGYwPFgRXaEw+TAAIxT7qPNV wuN8N2sO295i1Cg/cvLRjKTcybCNPUA2oxqhwomVD3zbeZdtY9/NZewhVOzfqCS5Lh 1hS91Vrlj8h3d41fmJfMVYPY+6zu2AmHk0Vf01afCQ6R66mMTlOppQIO8m4rmdgLY7 5t5OugCR5xaMA== Received: from mail-lj1-f182.google.com (mail-lj1-f182.google.com [209.85.208.182]) by server-vie001.gnuweeb.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7E2313127FA0 for ; Sat, 23 Aug 2025 02:17:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lj1-f182.google.com with SMTP id 38308e7fff4ca-333f8f9ace5so20642991fa.1 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2025 19:17:57 -0700 (PDT) X-Forwarded-Encrypted: i=1; AJvYcCXrbZD+zYzwx90sH8dsK3cW2paHqs4DiNRYHDa2pXa8YkXNTFSQTzGdbMGOH7bLvlPpbSln@vger.gnuweeb.org X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YyQb0cjJfQJwSQZzTdI85SqyW1w1TkqxwaCbdYL5J6mpI7jfU2o pBkrsSiTgdIR0/9E/p84EEkLl+Ftt0vBFE+oGEJJJuwVo2iJQnGvIbK+Zmyag+zg8qJSUIPTyn1 6N2rHpwbYTQx4zuimWenZ4iGZZU0YMSQ= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IGuwPeRq9g4IsTlOPb5nNig8EZcVTcSTx60QbEzGmldd+RL6tu0qHl/eLvFc277t6hKkY51X6tYQC2L44ElxAM= X-Received: by 2002:a05:651c:3255:10b0:32a:739d:fac with SMTP id 38308e7fff4ca-33651025c09mr10151281fa.36.1755915476872; Fri, 22 Aug 2025 19:17:56 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20250814044658.252579-1-reyuki@gnuweeb.org> <20250814044658.252579-3-reyuki@gnuweeb.org> <20250816160303.GA144043-ammarfaizi2@gnuweeb.org> <20250822195242.GA3236201-ammarfaizi2@gnuweeb.org> <20250823015231.GA3508499-ammarfaizi2@gnuweeb.org> In-Reply-To: <20250823015231.GA3508499-ammarfaizi2@gnuweeb.org> From: Ahmad Gani Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2025 09:17:20 +0700 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: X-Gm-Features: Ac12FXzLg1PkkG7fw9oRGiAi1vxkE4oljqJA4pLwvzVYGMvXUyAtViR309ABUY0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH gwproxy v5 2/2] dnsparser: Add dns parser code To: Ammar Faizi Cc: Alviro Iskandar Setiawan , "GNU/Weeb Mailing List" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable List-Id: On Sat, Aug 23, 2025 at 8:52=E2=80=AFAM Ammar Faizi wrote: > I will ask for your feature to be experimental because your DNS feature > is not super simple. It may have undiscovered hidden bugs even if we > have extensively tested it. The same thing with the io_uring support. > > And note that, getaddrinfo() is not as simple as resolving DNS queries > via UDP port 53. It does more than that. For example, it reads > /etc/hosts, /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/gai.conf and many more files. > > If we missed very important details and the old resolver is already > removed, it will be a pain in the ass to 'git revert' all your work. > > So please, keep the old feature intact for the time being. Develop a > new DNS resolver without bothering the old DNS feature. It's not that > simple to replace this monster. > > And the good thing is that, making it an experimental feature allows > specific environments to use the feature in a stable release, but > keeping the old stable feature usable for those who are not willing to > get involved in testing and reporting bugs. Alright, that sounds reasonable. I=E2=80=99ll revert any changes that remov= e the old DNS resolver part. One question though: should the option be compile-time with a -dev binary, or runtime via command-line parameters? -- Ahmad Gani