[openssl-users] Release Strategy

[Matt Caswell]

On 25/01/18 14:07, REIX, Tony wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We (ATOS BullFreeware project) are building and delivering OpenSSL on
> AIX. However, there are different providers of OpenSSL on AIX (IBM
> AIX project, Perzl, Bull Freeware, IBM AIX Toolbox), and we have some
> compatibility issues when mixing RPMs depending on OpenSSL and built
> with different versions or by different providers of OpenSSL.
> 
> The information on page:
> https://www.openssl.org/policies/releasestrat.html   is very
> interesting and useful. However, last modification was made the 6th
> September 2016 , quite old. Would it be possible to update this ?
> That would help us to understand the compatibility between the
> different versions of OpenSSL and build some compatibility plan.

We are currently discussing our release plans for 1.1.1. I expect that
to ultimately turn into updates to that page. See the thread on
openssl-project starting here:

https://mta.openssl.org/pipermail/openssl-project/2018-January/000184.html

Matt