[2013-03-19 22:57:31 -0500] Dan McGee:
This will have add 4 soon-to-be-dead links to packages in a news item, which doesn't seem like a great idea. It also links exclusively to one architecture. I would not include a single link to anything under /packages/, whether these are new or old- you never know what the landscape will look like in 6 months. Instead, just use the standard `pkgname` or whatever syntax and people will be smart enough to search for it.
Right. Here's the updated version. Deprecation of bind and dnsutils The direction BIND has taken with its recent BIND10 release [makes it impossible](https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2013-March/024588.ht...) for us to keep relying on it. Consequently, official packages using `dnsutils` were migrated to `ldns`, a much nicer library which provides a `drill` command that replaces `dig`, `nslookup`, and `host`. We strongly suggest you migrate your own software to `ldns` too, and replace `bind` with ldns-based alternatives: - the `unbound` resolving server (see [wiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Unbound)); - the `nsd` authoritative server (see [wiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nsd)). The deprecated packages (`dnsutils` and `bind`) will soon be dropped to the AUR. -- Gaetan