[openssl-dev] [openssl.org #4697] Bug in 1.1.0 (lost compatibility with previous releases)

[Salz, Rich]

> And the *only* justification for the fact that bug continues to exist — and in
> fact we introduced a *new* bug in OpenSSL 1.1 instead of fixing it — is for
> backward compatibility with older releases.
> 
> So how can we be so sanguine about the above failure report?

Because backward compatibility is very important.