> On Oct 6, 2016, at 7:21 AM, Mark Hatle <mark.ha...@windriver.com> wrote:
> 
> On 10/5/16 9:59 PM, Khem Raj wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 7:33 PM, Mark Hatle <mark.ha...@windriver.com> wrote:
>>> On 10/5/16 9:11 PM, Tan, Raymond wrote:
>>>> Greetings, I would like to know if there is any plan / schedule to upgrade 
>>>> to openssl 1.1.0 into OE-core?
>>> 
>>> Currently 1.0.2 is the LTS version of OpenSSL.  1.1.0 is not scheduled to 
>>> be LTS.
>>> 
>>> For the upcoming release (soon), I would NOT expect 1.1.0 to be in it.  
>>> There
>>> are still too many incompatibilities with other components.
>>> 
>>> For the next version of OE, I think it is appropriate to include 1.1.0, but 
>>> I
>>> would also like to maintain 1.0.2 for the time being.  (Beside LTS, it also 
>>> is
>>> still the only way to have FIPS-140-2 module, as there is currently no 
>>> module in
>>> the 1.1.0 -- and there may not be for a while.)
>> 
>> What do we get with 1.1.0 ?
> 
> Latest and greatest code of course.. :)
> 
> Reality, not a lot more over 1.0.2... there are some significant redesigns 
> that
> should help improve overall security of the OpenSSL library and items using 
> the
> library.  But various things will have to be updated to make use of this.
> 
> The OpenSSL community itself is looking at 1.1.0 as a transition to newer and
> better design/api/etc... which is why it is not marked as a LTS release.

api changes can be a bothersome point from integration POV, do we know if there
are some forwarded porting incompatibilities in APIs already?

> 
> Beside my basic understanding (above) there should be information as part of 
> the
> 1.1.0 release notes.
> 
> --Mark
> 
>>> 
>>> --Mark
>>> 
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> 
>>>> Raymond Tan
>>>> 
>>> 
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