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gliderlabs / resolvable

Host-level DNS gateway for Docker
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Document reasons for use (eg, vs dnsmasq) #9

Closed pikeas closed 9 years ago

pikeas commented 9 years ago

@progrium suggested using resolvable as an alternative to dnsmasq at https://github.com/gliderlabs/docker-alpine/issues/8.

What prompted the creation of resolvable? Are there any downsides to using resolvable instead of dnsmasq?

progrium commented 9 years ago

Well resolvable was originally based on dnsmasq but we ran into some quirks that worked against our goals. I mean, if you just read the docs (though I get that they aren't great now), they should show the benefits of resolvable vs dnsmasq ...

pikeas commented 9 years ago

Explicit is better than implicit. Resolvable is obviously much simpler and easier to use, but the docs should address this directly, and call out catches (stability, performance) if any.

progrium commented 9 years ago

Docs have a long way to go, I agree. But I'm going to close this out because it's already on our radar and I don't really think we need to track it.