Q: Versions of BIND: production vs. test
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Thu Jul 1 10:56:31 UTC 1999
> Hi BINDers,
>
> there are bind versions BIND-8.x.x and BIND-8.x.x-T?B.
>
> My understanding is that all *-T?B versions are for
> public testing only and not recommended for production
> use.
>
> Although I greped through the common resources, I did
> not find this in written. Could you please correct me if
> I'm wrong or give me a hint for a documentation of this
> practice?
>
> TIA,
> dirk.
>
>
>
-T?A are ALPHA releases, these generally only go to
bind-workers.
-T?B are BETA releases, most of these are ready for production
use though you are expected to remove them once the final
release comes out. You need to read the comments that go
out with the announcement. Some bugs are only seen under
production loads (100k+ zones) and several thousand
queries/second. BETA's are generally running on ISC's
production servers prior to announcement.
The question mark indicates release number. The A/B
indicates our rating of the code quality. T2A is a later
release then T1B but may have involved a major changes to
get there, hence the A label.
Mark
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