Feature Changes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-- Memory consumption of the new QP-trie database has been optimized and
- large zones now require roughly 15 % more memory than the old red-black tree
- data structure. :gl:`#4614`
+- Memory consumption of the new QP-trie database has been optimized. Large
+ zones, which used to require significantly more memory with QP-trie, now only
+ require roughly 15% more memory than the old red-black tree data structure.
+ :gl:`#4614`
-- The ``sortlist`` option has been deprecated and will be removed
- in a future BIND 9.21.x release. Please don't rely on a specific
- order of resource records in the DNS messages. :gl:`#4593`
+- The :any:`sortlist` option has been deprecated and will be removed in a
+ future BIND 9.21.x release. Users should not rely on a specific order of
+ resource records in DNS messages. :gl:`#4593`
+
+- The ``fixed`` value for the :any:`rrset-order` option and the corresponding
+ ``configure`` script option have been deprecated and will be removed in a
+ future BIND 9.21.x release. Users should not rely on a specific order of
+ resource records in DNS messages. :gl:`#4446`
-- The ``fixed`` value for the ``rrset-order`` option and the corresponding
- ``./configure`` script option has been deprecated and will be removed in a
- future BIND 9.21.x release. Please don't rely on a specific order of resource
- records in the DNS messages. :gl:`#4446`
Bug Fixes
~~~~~~~~~
-- Some DNSSEC key rollovers were slowed down erroneously. This has been fixed.
- :gl:`#4552`
+- A bug in the keymgr code unintentionally slowed down some DNSSEC key
+ rollovers. This has been fixed. :gl:`#4552`
-- Bugs which could cause resolvers configured with the new cache data structure
- to crash or hang have been fixed. :gl:`#4622` :gl:`#4652`
+- Two bugs that could have caused resolvers configured with the new cache data
+ structure to crash or hang have been fixed. :gl:`#4622` :gl:`#4652`
- Some ISO 8601 durations were accepted erroneously, leading to shorter
durations than expected. This has been fixed. :gl:`#4624`