[openssl-dev] Please consider delaying the Beta-1 freeze for a week or two

[Richard Levitte]

In message <CAH8yC8km0L5GN7igytwkj=UenMXHMS5YiYaxbqE51hODE+BS9Q at mail.gmail.com> on Thu, 10 Mar 2016 20:03:11 -0500, Jeffrey Walton <noloader at gmail.com> said:

noloader> Hi Everyone,
noloader> 
noloader> Testing master on real hardware is showing some minor issues on a few
noloader> platforms, including ARM32, ARM64, PowerPC and i686. In addition,
noloader> there seems to be one-off issues on other combinations, like VIA's C7
noloader> processor on Linux.
noloader> 
noloader> In addition to the base issues, there are other minor issues like
noloader> failing to configure and compile with 'no-comp'. Other configuration
noloader> dependent issues include failed self tests under PowerPC in a shared
noloader> configuration.
noloader> 
noloader> Please consider delaying the freeze for a week or two while the issues
noloader> are being ironed out.

The upcoming release is the first beta of two planned, and we've
already delayed the first for a few extra days.  It is not a final
release, so there's still time to fix things like these.

Please see the bottom of the release strategy for the planned dates:

http://openssl.org/policies/releasestrat.html

Cheers,
Richard

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