X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=adns.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=43d0df2d147b2e20d841b42a1a67309e8e9bba51;hp=a7a6805b5b440243dcedcf7dfa5767c7c08ef927;hb=59def40c472c794b57f97d744099b7d8faee99ca;hpb=df1d1f3a163c7ee7b5abb17a283f1107012a37f6 diff --git a/README b/README index a7a6805..43d0df2 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - adns + GNU adns Advanced, easy to use, asynchronous-capable DNS client library. @@ -37,22 +37,35 @@ Forthcoming: I hope that future versions may also have the following features: - * The library will be useable by threads in a multithreaded program - in a natural way. It will multiplex many threads' queries through - a single query socket. - * Limited caching behaviour. + * The library should be useable by threads in a multithreaded + program in a natural way. It should multiplex many threads' + queries through a single query socket. * IPv6 support. + * Some kind of awareness of DNSSEC. + * Possibly some very limited caching behaviour. - (Technical note: adns requires a real nameserver like BIND running on - the same system or a nearby one, which must be willing to provide - `recursive service'. I.e., adns is a `stub resolver'. All properly - configured UN*X and GNU systems will already have such nameserver(s); - they are usually listed in /etc/resolv.conf.) + (Technical note: adns requires a real nameserver like [1]BIND or + [2]Dents running on the same system or a nearby one, which must be + willing to provide `recursive service'. I.e., adns is a `stub + resolver'. All properly configured UN*X and GNU systems will already + have such nameserver(s); they are usually listed in /etc/resolv.conf.) + +Documentation + + I'm afraid there is no manual yet. However, competent C programmers + should be able to use the library based on the commented [3]adns.h + header file (from version 0.4). Feedback - If you are subscribed to adns-discuss please send bug reports there; - otherwise mail them to adns-bugreports@chiark.greenend.org.uk. + I'd be pleased if you would let me know if you're using my library in + your project, and what you think of it. + + If you are subscribed to adns-discuss please send feedback, including + bug reports, there; otherwise send mail to + adns-bugreports@chiark.greenend.org.uk. If you'd prefer that your + message wasn't forwarded to the adns-bugreports list, send it to + adns-maint@chiark.greendend.org.uk. Mailinglists @@ -61,19 +74,25 @@ Mailinglists important bugs, new versions, &c. The bug reports address mentioned above is also a mailing list; feel free to subscribe to it. - There are [1]archives and subscription web pages, or you can subscribe + There are [4]archives and subscription web pages, or you can subscribe by sending mail containing the word `subscribe' to adns-announce-REQUEST@chiark.greenend.org.uk or adns-discuss-REQUEST@chiark.greenend.org.uk. Download - Available for download from [2]chiark.greenend.org.uk are: - * The [3]current pre-release version as a gzipped tarfile. - * All released versions are also available via [4]anonymous FTP. + Available for download from [5]chiark.greenend.org.uk are: + * The [6]current pre-release version as a gzipped tarfile. + * [7]adns.h API header file with comments (currently there is no + manual, sorry). + * All versions released so far are also available via [8]anonymous + FTP. + * A mirror of my CVS repository is available via rsync from + rsync.chiark.greenend.org.uk::ftp/users/ian/cvs-pub/adns (use FTP + first to find your way around). - adns is also available from the GNU Project FTP servers and their - mirrors. + adns is also available from the [9]GNU Project FTP servers and their + [10]mirrors. Copyright and licensing @@ -86,37 +105,44 @@ Copyright and licensing This program and documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty - of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. See the [5]GNU - General Public License for more details. + of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. See the + [11]GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with adns, or one should be available above; if not, write to - the [6]Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, + the [12]Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA, or email adns-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk. _________________________________________________________________ - [7]Ian Jackson / [8]adns-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk; more [9]free + [13]Ian Jackson / [14]adns-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk; more [15]free software by me. - [10]GNU home page; [11]site or mirror home page + [16]GNU home page; [17]chiark home page; [18]site or mirror home page This web page is Copyright (C)1996-1999 Ian Jackson. See the - [12]Copyright/acknowledgements. + [19]Copyright/acknowledgements. - Use any browser - [13]Campaign for a non-browser-specific WWW + Use any browser - [20]Campaign for a non-browser-specific WWW References - 1. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/mailman/listinfo - 2. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ - 3. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/adns.tar.gz - 4. ftp://ftp.chiark.greenend.org.uk/users/ian/userv/ - 5. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/COPYING.txt - 6. http://www.fsf.org/ - 7. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ - 8. mailto:adns-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk - 9. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/software/ - 10. http://www.gnu.org/ - 11. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ - 12. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/sw-www-copy.html - 13. http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/ + 1. http://www.isc.org/view.cgi?/products/BIND/index.phtml + 2. http://www.dents.org/ + 3. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/adns.h.0.4.txt + 4. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/mailman/listinfo + 5. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/ + 6. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/adns.tar.gz + 7. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/adns.h.0.5.txt + 8. ftp://ftp.chiark.greenend.org.uk/users/ian/adns/ + 9. http://www.gnu.org/ + 10. http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html + 11. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/COPYING.txt + 12. http://www.fsf.org/ + 13. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ + 14. mailto:adns-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk + 15. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/software/ + 16. http://www.gnu.org/ + 17. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ + 18. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ + 19. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/sw-www-copy.html + 20. http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/