In message <4ba0595b.8090...@dougbarton.us>, Doug Barton writes: > On 03/16/10 20:57, Mark Andrews wrote: > > In message <4ba04e63.8090...@dougbarton.us>, Doug Barton writes: > >> I noticed that the patchfix releases of BIND came out today, so > >> congratulations on that. :) However I was confused by the existence of > >> both a 9.6.2-P1 and a 9.6-ESV (with the same code inside). Is 9.6.2-P1 > >> the last release on the 9.6 branch? For the purpose of "following" a > >> branch in the FreeBSD ports and base am I better off with one or the > >> other? The issue is trivial now since the code is the same, but are they > >> expected to diverge? > >> > >> I understand the purpose of the -ESV branch, and I think it's great that > >> ISC is doing this. I would just like to make some plans and need some > >> guidance. > > > > BIND 9.6-ESV is the extended support version of BIND 9.6. It will > > get security patches and other critical fixes added to it. BIND > > 9.6-ESV is supported until March 31, 2013. It's for the vendors > > that need longer support with less changes. > > > > BIND 9.6.3 will be the next maintenance release and will have less > > significant fixes in it in addition to security patches and other > > critical fixes. BIND 9.6.x (other than 9.6-ESV) will be EoL'd 6 > > months after the release of BIND 9.8.0 or March 31, 2013 which ever > > comes first. > > Ok, thanks for the response. I'm trying to parse what you wrote in terms > of what to do with BIND in the FreeBSD base. The fact that at the point > 9.6.x will be EOL'ed 9.6-ESV won't have the most up to date 9.6 code is > a bit disturbing. When the plans for -ESV were first announced I thought > the plans were to do what was done for 9.4, after the last release on > that branch the -ESV version would come out. If I understand what you're > proposing correctly, it's going to make my decisions down the road more > difficult. > > Doug
ESV's are supposed to be releases which are stable, no dot-o-itis. We didn't feel 9.6.1 was stable enough so we waited for 9.6.2. You could always follow 9.6.x and then apply whatever changes to 9.6-ESV appear after the final 9.6.x version. Mark -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
