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<section xml:id="end_of_life"><info><title>End of Life</title></info>
  <para>
    BIND 9.15 is an unstable development branch. When its development
    is complete, it will be renamed to BIND 9.16, which will be a
    stable branch.
  </para>
  <para>
    The end of life date for BIND 9.16 has not yet been determined.
    For those needing long term support, the current Extended Support
    Version (ESV) is BIND 9.11, which will be supported until at
    least December 2021. See
    <link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-00896">https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-00896</link>
    for details of ISC's software support policy.
  </para>
</section>
