Forwarding here to expose it to a larger, possibly-interested audience. ---rsk
----- Forwarded message from Victoria Risk <vi...@isc.org> ----- > From: Victoria Risk <vi...@isc.org> > Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 12:30:26 +0000 > To: bind-annou...@lists.isc.org > Subject: Planning to stop exporting BIND libraries > > BIND currently exports number of libraries, including libisc, libisccfg, > libirs, libisccc, libdns and libbind9. > > We don???t know of any external projects that use these libraries. Keeping > the ABI and API stable is big burden, and we are exploring the possibility of > merging all the libraries into a tightly-coupled private library that > wouldn't be used outside of BIND (and tools). This change would effectively > make those libraries private. > > BIND 9.14 in 2019 would be the first release that would drop the libraries. > > The BIND 9.11 ESV would keep those libraries until 2022, so any external > users would have enough time to migrate to other DNS libraries. > > Known external users of libisc and friends: > - ISC DHCP (will continue using BIND 9.11 libraries) > - dnsperf (either use BIND 9.11 libraries, or offer ISC project) > > Please let us know if you see a significant problem with this plan, including > which library you are using and how you are using it. > > Thank you > > Vicky > > ------------- > Victoria Risk > Product Manager > Internet Systems Consortium > vi...@isc.org > > ----- End forwarded message -----
