Re: HEADS-UP: security/openssl switching to 3.0 branch

From: Moin Rahman <bofh_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2023 11:53:50 UTC

> On Oct 6, 2023, at 1:43 PM, Bernard Spil <brnrd@freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> In line with FreeBSD 14.0 that has OpenSSL 3.0 in base, all ports are expected to work with this version.
> 
> The following changes will be made between first Release Candidate (RC) and actual RELEASE of FreeBSD 14.0:
> 
> security/openssl    updated from 1.1.1w to 3.0.11
> security/openssl30  removed
> security/openssl111 created with version (1.1.1w)
> UPDATING            an entry about updating all ports for the SHLIBVER bump will be added
> MOVED               an entry for security/openssl30 with target security/openssl will be created
> 
> The security/openssl111 port will be marked "DEPRECATED" in line with statements from the OpenSSL project about the End-of-Life for the 1.1.1 branch. No "EXPIRATION_DATE" will be set for now.
At the moment this is not a good practice to mark ports DEPRECATED without any EXPIRATION_DATE because we often forget about it. So the best way would be to add a tentative EXPIRITIOON_DATE and revisit or change it based on the circumstances.

Kind regards,
Moin(bofh@ with all hats off)

> With kind regards, Bernard Spil <brnrd@FreeBSD.org>
>