March 2026 - dns-stats-users

Re-structure of Launchpad DNS-STATS Compactor PPAs
by Sara Dickinson March 24, 2026

March 24, 2026

Hi all, As of release 1.2.4 we are re-structuring the Launchpad PPAs for DNS-STATS Compactor. For historic reasons we previously maintained separate PPAs for each Ubuntu release e.g. ppa:dns-stats/compactor-focal ppa:dns-stats/compactor-jammy From 1.2.4 onwards we will be making packages for all Ubuntu releases available in one of two PPAs: ppa:dns-stats/compactor for STABLE production releases ppa:dns-stats/compactor-unstable for UNSTABLE releases (alpha/beta and release candidates) To make this transition we will be performing some housekeeping on the existing PPAs. 1. On the 7th of April the contents of the existing `ppa:dns-stats/compactor` PPA will be deleted (this PPA was previously used for xenial packages). The label will also be updated to be 'DNS-STATS compactor and inspector'. When available, the 1.2.4 stable production releases of DNS-STATS Compactor for focal, jammy and noble will be published here. 2. A new PPA `ppa:dns-stats/compactor-unstable` has been created with the label 'DNS-STATS compactor and inspector (Unstable)' and the 1.2.4~rc1 packages for focal, jammy and noble are available here already. 3. The existing focal and jammy PPAs will be maintained whilst those platforms are supported i.e. the latest packages will still be available from these PPAs too. ppa:dns-stats/compactor-focal ppa:dns-stats/compactor-jammy ppa:dns-stats/compactor-focal-unstable ppa:dns-stats/compactor-jammy-unstable 4. On the 7th of April the following PPAs will be deleted: compactor-0.12 compactor-0.12-bionic compactor-bionic compactor-unstable-bionic Please let us know of any issues or concerns around this process. Sara Dickinson.

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DNS-STATS Compactor 1.2.4~rc1 release
by Sara Dickinson March 24, 2026

March 24, 2026

Hi all, We are pleased to announce the release of DNS-STATS Compactor version 1.2.4~rc1. Please note that the structure of Launchpad PPAs for DNS-STATS Compactor are being re-arranged as of this release. Please see a following email on the topic for details. Also note this release removes support for Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) and adds support for Ubuntu 24.04 (noble). Ubuntu packages for unstable releases starting from 1.2.4~rc1 are now available from: https://launchpad.net/~dns-stats/+archive/ubuntu/compactor-unstable Full changelog since 1.2.3 ----------------------------------- Updates: * Compactor: Extend the DNSFlags field to include the DE bit to support data gathering for DELEG activities: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-deleg/ For completeness this field now includes the response DO bit, the query and response CO bit and the query and response DE bit. * Compactor: Refactor of packet statistics logging to now additionally support logging in JSON format using the `--log-network-stats-json` option. Requires additional dependency on `nlohmann/json`. * Compactor: Workarounds for known `libtins` serialization issue of certain TCP Options, see KNOWN ISSUES. * Compactor: Fix for behaviour on libpcap 1.10.2 and later where pcap_breakloop() no longer causes a return from the capture loop until another packet arrives * Fix for tshark test failures with Wireshark 4.6.0 to close https://github.com/dns-stats/compactor/issues/92 * Minor updates for Noble support and to improve CPP check results * Update golden cbor2diag output for newer versions. Thanks amesgen. For more information, please see the project wiki: https://github.com/dns-stats/compactor/wiki. Packages available from: ppa:dns-stats/compactor Source code available at: https://github.com/dns-stats/compactor Documentation: https://github.com/dns-stats/compactor/wiki/user-guide-1.2.4~rc1.pdf Sara Dickinson.

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DNS-STATS Users List now hosted at ICANN
by Benjamin Farine March 24, 2026

March 24, 2026

Dear members, We are happy to announce that the DNS-STATS Users mailing list previously hosted at dns-stats-users(a)dns-stats.org <mailto:dns-stats-users@dns-stats.org> has been migrated and is now hosted at dns-stats-users(a)icann.org <mailto:dns-stats-users@icann.org>. Your subscription can be managed at: https://lists.icann.org/postorius/lists/dns-stats-users.icann.org <https://lists.icann.org/postorius/lists/dns-stats-users.icann.org>which also hosts the mailing list archive. All future release announcements will be sent to the new address. Regards Benjamin Farine ICANN

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