[getdns-api] Spec change request: Set suffixes from OS

[Marc Groeneweg]

Willem,

+1, as we should stay as close as possible to existing implementations of normal behaviour.

Regards
Marc

> On 23 Mar 2016, at 22:46, Willem Toorop <willem at nlnetlabs.nl> wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> The current spec (in paragraph 8.5 https://getdnsapi.net/spec.html#8.5 )
> states that the default suffixes is "an empty list".
> 
> I propose to change this to "set from the OS when the context is created
> with the "set_from_os" parameter set, otherwise an empty list".
> 
> This would be consistent with how other settings are "set from the OS",
> such as for example the upstream recursive servers.
> 
> The complete text will then become:
> 
> 
> 	getdns_return_t
> 	getdns_context_set_suffix(
> 	  getdns_context  *context,
> 	  getdns_list     *value
> 	);
> 
> 	The value is a list of bindatas that are strings that are to
> 	be appended based on getdns_context_set_append_name; the
> 	default is an set from the OS when the context is created with
> 	the "set_from_os" parameter set, otherwise an empty list. The
> 	values here follow the rules in section 2.1 of RFC 4343 to
> 	allow non-ASCII octets and special characters in labels.
> 
> 
> Do you agree?
> 
> I would appreciate a response on short notice as I am about to do the
> 1.0beta release very soon (preferable before the DNS-OARC and IETF95).
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- Willem
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