Announcement of OpenSSL 0.9.6d and 0.9.7 Release Plan and Schedule

 Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 16:56:50 +0200 From: Lutz Jaenicke  Reply-To: openssl-users@openssl.org To: openssl-announce@openssl.org, openssl-dev@openssl.org,      openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: Announcement of OpenSSL 0.9.6d and 0.9.7 Release Plan and Schedule  Announcement of OpenSSL 0.9.6d and 0.9.7 Release Plan and Schedule ==================================================================  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: ================================ - List will be provided with the 0.9.7-beta releases.  Known Problems with 0.9.7: ========================== >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  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: ============ - Bug reports should be sent to openssl-bugs@openssl.org, 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: ========== - 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 M�ller        Holger Reif   Dr. Stephen Henson      Ulf M�ller         Geoff Thorpe   Ben Laurie              Lutz J�nicke        ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project                                 https://www.openssl.org:443/ Announcement Mailing List                 openssl-announce@openssl.org Automated List Manager                           majordomo@openssl.org