> On Mar 11, 2024, at 4:09 PM, John Thurston <john.thurs...@alaska.gov> wrote:
> 
> I assume the day is approaching when the packages in the COPR repositories 
> will be changed; isc/bind-esv will have 9.18 (instead of 9.16), and ics/bind 
> will have 9.20
> 
> So that we might start weaving this into our maintenance plans, is there a 
> projected date on which this will happen?
> 

I think this will happen in May - because we plan to release our last 9.16 
package in April.

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> john.thurs...@alaska.gov <mailto:john.thurs...@alaska.gov>
> Department of Administration
> State of Alaska
> On 2/26/2024 7:35 AM, Victoria Risk wrote:
>> 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. 
>> 
>> 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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