openssl 3 and deprecation

[Matt Caswell]

On 12/05/2020 15:35, Billy Brumley wrote:
> Howdy Folks,
> 
> I checked https://www.openssl.org/policies/releasestrat.html but did
> not manage to find an answer.
> 
> At what stages is marking a function deprecated still allowed? Only
> before beta? Or at all stages? Or is it case-by-case with potential
> OMC vote?

Hi Billy

We allow API changes until Beta 1 (but ideally we would prefer API
changes to have appeared in at least one alpha). Deprecation counts as
an API change.

Matt