Matthias Loepfe wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> I just realized that SSLeay-0.9.0 and OpenSSL-0.9.2 are not binary compatible
> at all (I'm using shared libs). It seems that at least some structures have
> changed in a incompatible way.
> 
> What is the policy (if there is one at all) for the future regarding binary
> compatibility?

Because SSLeay uses so many macros that directly access structures,
maintaing binary compatibility is rather tricky. It may be that it is
worth working towards a position where compatibility is possible, but I
don't think we are there at the moment.

Cheers,

Ben.

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