Re: Un-deprecating nss_hesiod?

[JFLF <jflf-gitlab@outlook.com>]

Hi Florian,

Thank you for your answer.

On 01/03/2021 12.39, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * JFLF via Libc-alpha:
> 
>> This is a very valid concern, but hasn't DNSSEC been implemented in
>> the glibc resolver in 2019? If so, doesn't that make this point moot?
> 
> The glibc stub resolver is still non-validating.
> 
>> So as long as it doesn't affect anything else, may I ask you to
>> consider un-deprecating nss_hesiod?
> 
> NSS is a plug-in framework.  There is no requirement that NSS service
> modules are built as part of glibc.
> 
> Would you be interested in taking the nss_hesiod sources and maintaining
> them outside of the glibc source tree?  Then nss_hesiod might even be
> able to reuse parts of the (already separate) hesiod library.

I might look into this at some point. Due to other commitments it won't
be at any time in the near future, though. Hopefully someone else will
step up before then.

Thanks!
JF

> Once that separate project exist, we can remove nss_hesiod from the
> glibc source tree.
> 
> Thanks,
> Florian
>