1.. Copyright (C) Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC") 2.. 3.. SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0 4.. 5.. This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public 6.. License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this 7.. file, you can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. 8.. 9.. See the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this work for additional 10.. information regarding copyright ownership. 11 12.. _relnotes: 13 14Release Notes 15============= 16 17.. contents:: 18 19Introduction 20------------ 21 22BIND 9.20 is a stable branch, suitable for production use. This 23document summarizes significant changes since the last production 24release on the 9.18 branch. Please see the :ref:`changelog` file for 25a more detailed list of changes and bug fixes. 26 27Supported Platforms 28------------------- 29 30See the :ref:`supported_os` section in the :ref:`Requirements` chapter. 31 32Download 33-------- 34 35The latest versions of BIND 9 software can always be found at 36https://www.isc.org/download/. There you will find additional 37information about each release, and source code. 38 39.. _relnotes_known_issues: 40 41Known Issues 42------------ 43 44The list of known issues affecting the latest version in the 9.20 branch can be 45found at 46https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9/-/wikis/Known-Issues-in-BIND-9.20 47 48.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.20.4.rst 49.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.20.3.rst 50.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.20.2.rst 51.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.20.1.rst 52.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.20.0.rst 53 54.. _relnotes_license: 55 56License 57------- 58 59BIND 9 is open source software licensed under the terms of the Mozilla Public 60License, version 2.0 (see the ``COPYING`` file for the full text). 61 62Those wishing to discuss license compliance may contact ISC at 63https://www.isc.org/contact/. 64 65End of Life 66----------- 67 68BIND 9.20 is a stable branch, suitable for production use. After it has 69been in production use for a while it will be designated as an Extended 70Support Version (ESV). Until then, the current ESV is BIND 9.18, which 71will be supported until at least December 2025. See 72https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-00896 for details of ISC's software support 73policy. 74 75Thank You 76--------- 77 78Thank you to everyone who assisted us in making this release possible. 79