[openssl-users] [openssl-dev] The evolution of the 'master' branch

Matt Caswell matt at openssl.org
Sat Feb 7 14:44:53 UTC 2015



On 07/02/15 14:41, Richard Moore wrote:
> 
> 
> On 3 February 2015 at 22:02, Rich Salz <rsalz at openssl.org
> <mailto:rsalz at openssl.org>> wrote:
> 
>     As we've already said, we are moving to making most OpenSSL data
>     structures opaque. We deliberately used a non-specific term. :)
>     As of Matt's commit of the other day, this is starting to happen
>     now.  We know this will inconvenience people as some applications
>     no longer build.  We want to work with maintainers to help them
>     migrate, as we head down this path.
> 
>     We have a wiki page to discuss this effort.  It will eventually include
>     tips on migration, application and code updates, and anything else the
>     community finds useful.  Please visit:
> 
>             http://wiki.openssl.org/index.php/1.1_API_Changes
> 
> 
> I've documented what got broken in Qt by the changes so far. I've listed
> the functions I think we can use instead where they exist, and those
> where there does not appear to be a replacement.

Great. Thanks Rich - that's really useful. I'll take a look to see what
we can do to plug the gap.

Matt



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