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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">FYI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">Rich Salz <rsalz@akamai.com><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>"openssl-omc@openssl.org" <openssl-omc@openssl.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 11:36 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"openssl-omc@openssl.org" <openssl-omc@openssl.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[openssl-omc] VOTE on removing rationale for binary compatibility<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Matt raised the issue that since this paragraph is in the release strategy, we need a vote to remove it.</span><o:p></o:p></a></p>
<p><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">In<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_openssl_web_pull_52-23discussion-5Fr188209247&d=DwMCaQ&c=96ZbZZcaMF4w0F4jpN6LZg&r=4LM0GbR0h9Fvx86FtsKI-w&m=zPyeUi8WOcpplVIJzn5JMXMziZ_NAibsW5dBetq7aTw&s=CIeCvQ1Y3d2pnc6KOj1xdpNha4hc6ryZdMzfG0u_J0I&e="><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard">policies/releasestrat.html</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<pre style="font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:#555555">> @@ -34,20 +34,6 @@ <h5></span><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:#555555"> performance improvements and so on. There is no need to</span><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:#555555"> recompile applications to benefit from these features.</p></span><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:#555555"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:#555555">- <p>Binary compatibility also allows other possibilities. For</span><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:#555555">- example, consider an application that wishes to utilize</span><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:#555555">- a new cipher provided in a specific 1.0.x release, but it</span><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:#555555">- is also desirable to maintain the application in a 1.0.0</span><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:#555555">- context. Customarily this would be resolved at compile time</span><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:#555555">- resulting in two binary packages targeting different OpenSSL</span><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:#555555">- versions. However, depending on the feature, it might be</span><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:#555555">- possible to check for its availability at run-time, thus cutting</span><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:#555555">- down on the maintenance of multiple binary packages. Admittedly</span><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:#555555">- it takes a certain discipline and some extra coding, but we</span><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:#555555">- would like to encourage such practice. This is because we</span><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:#555555">- want to see later releases being adopted faster, because new</span><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:#555555">- features can improve security.</p></span><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:#555555">-</span><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Mark’s pointed out that when he removed rationale from the security policy, it was with a vote. So here’s a vote.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">----------------</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">topic: Remove the second paragraph ("Binary compatibility...improve security")</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">from the release strategy.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Proposed by Rich</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Public: yes</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">opened: 2018-05-15</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">closed: yyyy-mm-dd</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ONE WEEK VOTE</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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