rdatatype missing constants in 2.0.0

[aureq]

Hi,

I have some python code using the rdatatype and rcode constants. The code was fine with dnspython 1.15.0.

I decided to reuse that code with dnspython 2.0.0 (release in July 17th) but found the constants named above are not available.
For example, constants such as dns.rdatatype.A, dns.rdatatype.NS (and many others) are missing.

Reading the commit history and I found these constants were added back to dnspython via pull request #564 (August 4).

What is the best way moving forward?

• Will these constants be part of dnspython like it was before 2.0.0? If yes, is there a plan to release a patch to include the missing constants before dnspython 2.1.0 is released?
• If these constants aren't present moving forward, what's the recommended way to test against rdatatype and rcode?

Thanks a lot

[rthalley]

The constants are not missing in 2.0.0, but they are dynamically generated when the module is loaded, and so are not present for type checking and linting purposes. The pull request you mentioned added static versions of the constants to make these tools happy again. This will be in the 2.1 release, which should get going soon.

[aureq]

Thanks a lot for the feedback. Looking forward to version 2.1.0.

[bmw]

Thanks for adding these constants back.

Any ETA on the 2.1.0 release?

[rthalley]

It's "mid november" so maybe this coming weekend!