2017/11/24 6:34 "Tom H" <<a href="mailto:tomh0665@gmail.com">tomh0665@gmail.com</a>>: > > On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 1:58 PM, Xen <<a href="mailto:list@xenhideout.nl">list@xenhideout.nl</a>> wrote: > > > > I just think it's another bad choice and it happens to have been pushed by > > mr. SystemD himself. > > > > Yes, Lennart Poettering also maintains the Avahi packages. > > > > It's the same kind of "Your opinions don't matter" approach that we see > > everywhere else. > > > > He writes: > > > > " Please note: The line above makes nss-mdns authoritative for the > > .local domain. If you have a unicast DNS domain with the same name you > > will no longer be able to resolve hosts from it. mDNS and a unicast > > DNS domain named .local are inherently incompatible. Please contact > > your local admistrator and ask him to move to a different domain name > > since .local is to be used exclusively for Zeroconf technology. > > [26]Further information." > > > > "is to be used" > > > > Because they decide that. > > > > This encroachment on personal liberty goes on everywhere. > > It was an Apple decision not Lennart one. Or, if you prefer, Poettering using Apple as an excuse.