On 9/13/12 2:01 AM, pangj wrote: > Should we use the latest 9.9 version of BIND instead of others 9.x?
At the current moment, ISC develops and provides patches for four different version sequences of BIND 9: BIND 9.6-ESV BIND 9.7 BIND 9.8 & BIND 9.9 They are intended to serve slightly different functions for different users. BIND 9.6-ESV is an "Extended Support Version" of BIND (as indicated by the "-ESV" suffix. Though 9.6 is no longer being actively developed, ISC made a commitment to continue supporting the existing code with security patches and bug fixes through March 2013. BIND 9.7 is about to reach its "End of Life" (aka EOL.) It was originally predicted to reach its final version in August 2012, after which it would receive no more updates (except possibly in very unusual circumstances.) Its EOL has been pushed back to this month, but when BIND 9.7.7 comes out (before the end of this month) that is expected to be the final release version of BIND 9.7. Consequently you should not now be changing to the 9.7 line but if you are on 9.7 you can upgrade to 9.7.6-P3 or 9.7.7 while you make plans to migrate to 9.8 or 9.9. BIND 9.8 will be the next version to become an Extended Support Version and will be supported for several years hence. BIND 9.8 is stable, reasonably mature, and will be supported with some feature improvements and all bug fixes. And BIND 9.9 is the version which is currently receiving the most development effort for new features and functionality. _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
