bind package (Berkeley Internet Name Domain server)

[avidality]

is the bind package abandoned?

[pennycookfrank]

The packaged version, 9.16, reached end-of-life in Q2 of 2024. So, yes, it does appear to be lagging quite badly behind upstream. Current stable is 9.20, while 9.18 is still getting security fixes.

Info from https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-00896