Re: [PATCH] Add missing RR type numbers to ns_type

[Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>]

On 08/16/2016 10:52 PM, Nathaniel McCallum wrote:
> From a53a3428ee7c2c1dc3e3ff7e682e87f6694d9a55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Nathaniel McCallum <npmccallum@redhat.com>
> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 16:43:29 -0400
> Subject: [PATCH] Add missing RR type numbers to ns_type
>
> The ns_type enumeration was missing quite a few resource records. This
> patch updates the enumeration to reflect the current state of the IANA
> DNS Parameters registry.
>
>     http://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters/dns-parameters.xhtml

The problem with <arpa/nameser.h> is that it is stuck in the past.  It 
was never updated for DNSSECbis (which is incompatible with the original 
DNSSEC).  And there are declarations in it which do not have 
implementations in glibc.

I was leaning towards deprecating the header and eventually removing it. 
 What kind of use do you see for it?

Thanks,
Florian