On Wed, Apr 23, 2014, Steve Marquess wrote:

> 
> On 04/23/2014 01:30 PM, Hanno Böck wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > ... Basically, what bothers me most is that right now it seems to
> > me the openssl project is unresponsive. There are people out there
> > who want to improve things. There are people who want to help. And
> > most likely there are people asking themselves if they'd better
> > invest their time in improving openssl or helping out libressl.
> > 
> > So to the openssl devs: Please give some answers.
> 
> All true; but I would like to note that the OpenSSL team is in fact
> currently very active, more so than has been the case for years. You
> just can't see it quite yet. They are engaged in a reorganization and
> discussions in preparation for launching a revitalized newer, better,
> larger, more effective and more inclusive OpenSSL team.
> 
> Some big changes are coming and I would like to beg the indulgence of
> the OpenSSL community for a bit longer.
> 

I apologise for the lack of response. To reiterate what Steve Marquess has
said: changes are coming, big changes for the better and I hope they can be
finalised in the near future and we can give more details. Until now most
of it has been behind the scenes and not visible to the wider OpenSSL
community.

Speaking for myself. I've contributed a significant amount to the OpenSSL
project not least of which is the last 15 years of my life.

While I have spent a great deal of my free time on OpenSSL I have also been
driven by commercial necessity. That meant I had to give some priority to
matters which actually paid the bills.

That can and will change and I hope to working on OpenSSL full time in the
near future along with several of my colleagues.

Improving our response to community input will be a high priority.

So I would say this: things will improve soon. I only ask you please be
patient a little while longer.

Steve.
--
Dr Stephen N. Henson. OpenSSL project core developer.
Commercial tech support now available see: http://www.openssl.org
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