[openssl-dev] 1.0.2 long term support

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 07:55:33PM +0200, Stefan.Neis at t-online.de wrote:
>       Hi,
> 
> Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> 
> > 1.0.2 long term support
> > =======================
> > 
> > The OpenSSL project team would like to announce that the 1.0.2
> > version will be supported until 2019-12-31.
> 
> Looking at the release date of 1.0.2 (22 Jan 2015) that seems to
> be (very slightly) less than the "at least five years" you promise in
> your release strategy. ;-)
> 
> Not a big problem, but with the current state, it effectively blurs the
> distinction between the non-LTS release (1.0.1, being supported
> for 4 years and 9 months) and the LTS release (1.0.2 being supported for
> 4 years and eleven months). 
> 
> And no, this isn't meant to be complaint about 1.0.1 being
> supported for "too long". ;-)

1.0.1 would also be a "long term" version.  The other releases
are only 2 years.  The change on the page was from
"at least 2016-12-31" to 2019-12-31.

Maybe the wording could be improved.


Kurt