Comment 9 for bug 389909

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Etienne Goyer (etienne-goyer-outlands) wrote : Re: [Bug 389909] Re: Change resolve order so Nautilus can browse local network when ISP uses DNS redirection

Thierry Carrez wrote:
> Not exactly, what I'm saying is that on *every* network that has a
> correct DNS setup, this change will result in a small performance hit
> and/or useless network noise. This is not a question of "large company
> networking". Everyone can setup dnsmasq for local name resolution and
> get rid of that annoyance. I just feel slightly uncomfortable impacting
> those who do it well to cater for protocol-breaking DNS providers. But
> it might be an acceptable trade-off... I just wait for others to give
> their opinion.

I would tend to think that the type of people who run proper DNS
infrastructure should be able to handle changing the resolve order of
Samba, while those who don't (ie, home users) would not. In fact, the
solution to this problem is downright cryptic for people that are not
technically inclined.

As such, in the interest of making thing work out of the box for home
network users, I would change the default resolve order. It should
actually be made a debconf question with priority medium.

It is one of these cases where there is no sensible default for all
scenario. It boil to which use-case we should accommodate by default.

Also, to help us make an enlightened decision, it would be interesting
to know the default behavior of Windows.