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Clarify rrset-order random distribution
authorOndřej Surý <ondrej@isc.org>
Thu, 28 Aug 2025 09:40:37 +0000 (11:40 +0200)
committerOndřej Surý <ondrej@isc.org>
Wed, 3 Sep 2025 06:53:08 +0000 (06:53 +0000)
The randomized order of the records in the rrset is not uniform across
all permutations.  Clarify this in the documentation.

(cherry picked from commit 369c8dc388caad0d4fa7e9da15a3a0cd62cd3b39)

doc/arm/reference.rst

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@@ -4269,7 +4269,8 @@ RRset Ordering
        ``--enable-fixed-rrset`` at compile time.
 
    ``random``
-       Records are returned in a random order.
+       Records are returned in a non-deterministic order.  The random ordering
+       doesn't guarantee uniform distribution of all permutations.
 
    ``cyclic``
        Records are returned in a cyclic round-robin order, rotating by one