[openssl-commits] [web] master update
Rich Salz
rsalz at openssl.org
Wed May 30 14:17:33 UTC 2018
The branch master has been updated
via 8241c47b948d2213e8cead94844fd23207716499 (commit)
from 62df8cc9ba93dd099b4f5622e331f935643b6790 (commit)
- Log -----------------------------------------------------------------
commit 8241c47b948d2213e8cead94844fd23207716499
Author: Rich Salz <rsalz at akamai.com>
Date: Tue May 29 11:18:24 2018 -0400
Remove rationale paragraph
Reviewed-by: OMC Vote
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Summary of changes:
policies/releasestrat.html | 16 +---------------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/policies/releasestrat.html b/policies/releasestrat.html
index 9d0e3c3..0bb80f5 100644
--- a/policies/releasestrat.html
+++ b/policies/releasestrat.html
@@ -34,20 +34,6 @@
performance improvements and so on. There is no need to
recompile applications to benefit from these features.</p>
- <p>Binary compatibility also allows other possibilities. For
- example, consider an application that wishes to utilize
- a new cipher provided in a specific 1.0.x release, but it
- is also desirable to maintain the application in a 1.0.0
- context. Customarily this would be resolved at compile time
- resulting in two binary packages targeting different OpenSSL
- versions. However, depending on the feature, it might be
- possible to check for its availability at run-time, thus cutting
- down on the maintenance of multiple binary packages. Admittedly
- it takes a certain discipline and some extra coding, but we
- would like to encourage such practice. This is because we
- want to see later releases being adopted faster, because new
- features can improve security.</p>
-
<p>With regards to current and future releases the OpenSSL
project has adopted the following policy:</p>
@@ -64,7 +50,7 @@
and we will specify one at least every four years. Non-LTS
releases will be supported for at least two years.</p>
- <p>As implied by the above paragraphs, during the final year
+ <p>During the final year
of support, we do not commit to anything other than security
fixes. Before that, bug and security fixes will be applied
as appropriate.</p>
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