Hello.
I've browsed through about a year's worth of the openssl-users and openssl-dev
mail list archives in search of some information. I think I found most of what
I'm looking for, but I want to summarize my questions and my understanding of
the current situation for your review:
1) I've seen several questions regarding support for TLS v1.1 and v1.2, and
I've
seen Dr. Henson patiently repeat that TLS v1.1 functionality is slated for
1.1.0
and probably 1.0.1 as well. (In fact, according to ChangeLog it looks like
initial support for TLS v1.1 is in 1.0.1.) I have never seen any definitive
statement regarding the plan to back port TLS v1.1 (or v1.2) functionality to
the 0.9.8 development branch. It is my assumption, therefore, that there are
no
plans to do so at this time. Is that correct?
2) It sounds like the intent of the OpenSSL.org team is to support the 0.9.8
development branch well into the foreseeable future (at least a couple of years
from now). However, in light of number (1) above, I believe that it will be
mostly bug/security-related fixes and minor functionality improvements. Is
that
correct? (I'm sure it may be a function of paid ($$$) requests for new
functionality too.)
3) I've also found references to API changes between the 0.9.8 development
branch and the 1.0.x branch that make the libraries incompatible. (It sounds
like there may be API changes between the 1.0.x development branch and the
1.1.x
branch too.) What I haven't been able to find is a document/web page/email
thread that summarizes the scope of and/or the actual changes to the API and
the
resulting implications one must consider when porting an application to the new
version. Is there such a document? If so, where is it?
4) In general, what is the team's philosophy for maintaining development
branches into the future? E.g. how many development branches are going to be
actively maintained? For what period of time (in general), etc.
Thank you.
Geoff
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