Announcement of OpenSSL 0.9.6d and 0.9.7 Release Plan and Schedule
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The OpenSSL developers team is pleased to announce the upcoming
release of OpenSSL 0.9.7. OpenSSL 0.9.7 contains several changes
and enhancements in many fields; please check out the NEWS and
CHANGES files for details. Some of the changes made break compatibility,
so that application developers and distribution providers may need
a transition period. We have therefore decided for a 2-step strategy:
* Release 0.9.6d:
OpenSSL 0.9.6d will be the last release of the 0.9.6 series, containing
all of the latest bugfixes while maintaining compatibility.
* Release 0.9.7:
OpenSSL 0.9.7 contains many enhancements and some incompatible
changes. It also includes the bugfixes found in 0.9.6d (except for
those obsoleted by other changes).
We intend to provide releases according to the following schedule:
16 Apr 2002: 0.9.6d-beta1
30 Apr 2002: 0.9.6d
The changes between 0.9.6c and 0.9.6d are quite small so that we
do not expect too many problems. Therefore only one beta release
is planned.
30 Apr 2002: 0.9.7-beta1
13 May 2002: 0.9.7-beta2
...
As the changes between 0.9.6x and 0.9.7 are numerous, we are prepared to
handle more beta releases. The number of beta releases may change with
error reports coming in. If no more errors are found after beta2, the final
release will be made. If more errors are found in beta2, beta3 will be
introduced and so on.
Testing 0.9.7-beta... does not only mean to download and call "make install"
and/or "make test" on different platforms. We explicitely ask application
developers and users to test out the functionality of applications and/or
integrate new functionality or adjust to the API changes. If these checks
are not done in the beta phase and applications are only tested once
0.9.7 is released, bug fixes may be delayed until the release of 0.9.7a,
if required.
Be reminded that changes are also available via the daily snapshots.
Incompatible Changes with 0.9.7:
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- List will be provided with the 0.9.7-beta releases.
Known Problems with 0.9.7:
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>From the OpenSSL STATUS file:
o BIGNUM library failures on 64-bit platforms (0.9.7-dev):
- BN_mod_mul verificiation (bc) fails for solaris64-sparcv9-cc
and other 64-bit platforms
Checked on Result
alpha-cc (Tru64 version 4.0) works
linux-alpha+bwx-gcc doesn't work. Reported by
Sean O'Riordain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
OpenBSD-sparc64 doesn't work. BN_mod_mul breaks.
Needs checked on
[add platforms here]
- BN_mod_mul verification fails for mips3-sgi-irix
unless configured with no-asm
Bug reports:
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- Bug reports should be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED], reports are copied
to openssl-dev.
- Success reports may be sent to openssl-bugs too, to indicate successfull
operation and help other people to narrow their problems down.
Downloads:
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- Files will be made available at the usual locations at OpenSSL.org.
- Seperate announcements will be made for each beta and release.
Yours,
The OpenSSL Project Team...
Mark J. Cox Richard Levitte Andy Polyakov
Ralf S. Engelschall Bodo Möller Holger Reif
Dr. Stephen Henson Ulf Möller Geoff Thorpe
Ben Laurie Lutz Jänicke
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