BIND 9.16 is approaching EOL in April, 2024

Victoria Risk <[email protected]> Mon, 26 Feb 2024 11:35:02 -0500
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The BIND 9.16 release branch is approaching EOL as of April, 2024. We =
encourage users running 9.16 or (gasp) 9.11, to upgrade to 9.18.=20

The 9.18 branch has consistently out-performed the 9.16 branch, and we =
are confident that it is more stable than 9.16. One of our support =
engineers has prepared a helpful knowledgebase article on updating from =
9.16 to 9.18 =
(https://kb.isc.org/docs/changes-to-be-aware-of-when-moving-from-bind-916-=
to-918) which may be useful to you as you plan your migration.

For an overview of our release plan, we maintain another knowledgebase =
article (https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-00896). This was updated earlier =
this month, to move the start of future new stable branches from Q1 to =
Q2. The problem with starting a new stable branch in Q1 is, after the =
long holiday quiet period, we always have a number of important fixes =
and changes we need to release *before* we can start a new stable =
branch. We are currently projecting that our next stable branch, BIND =
9.20, will be released in Q2.

For your convenience, we also maintain our planned EOL dates listed next =
to each software release on https://www.isc.org/download/.

Vicky Risk=

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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">The BIND 9.16 =
release branch is approaching EOL as of April, 2024. We encourage users =
running 9.16 or (gasp) 9.11, to upgrade to =
9.18.&nbsp;<div><br></div><div>The 9.18 branch has consistently =
out-performed the 9.16 branch, and we are confident that it is more =
stable than 9.16. One of our support engineers has prepared a helpful =
knowledgebase article on updating from 9.16 to 9.18 (<a =
href=3D"https://kb.isc.org/docs/changes-to-be-aware-of-when-moving-from-bi=
nd-916-to-918">https://kb.isc.org/docs/changes-to-be-aware-of-when-moving-=
from-bind-916-to-918</a>) which may be useful to you as you plan your =
migration.</div><div><br></div><div>For an overview of our release plan, =
we maintain another knowledgebase article (<a =
href=3D"https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-00896">https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-00896=
</a>). This was updated earlier this month, to move the start of future =
new stable branches from Q1 to Q2. The problem with starting a new =
stable branch in Q1 is, after the long holiday quiet period, we always =
have a number of important fixes and changes we need to release *before* =
we can start a new stable branch. We are currently projecting that our =
next stable branch, BIND 9.20, will be released in =
Q2.</div><div><br></div><div>For your convenience, we also maintain our =
planned EOL dates listed next to each software release on&nbsp;<a =
href=3D"https://www.isc.org/download/">https://www.isc.org/download/</a>.<=
/div><div><br></div><div>Vicky Risk</div></body></html>=

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