On 2005-06-09 11:24:22 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Thursday 09 June 2005 10:28 am, Eduardo P�rez wrote: > > On 2005-05-14 15:27:26 +0000, Eduardo P�rez wrote: > > > I was wondering if openssl-0.9.8 is going to be API/ABI compatible > > > with the current stable branch of openssl-0.9.7 > > > I think keeping API/ABI compatible is a good idea and makes programmer > > > and users life easier. > > > Anyway, if you are not going to keep API/ABI compatibility in > > > openssl-0.9.8 with 0.9.7 I'd like to hear the reasoning behind that. > > > > I made a diff of the symbols in libssl and libcrypto in openssl 0.9.7 > > and 0.9.8 and found that libssl didn't remove any symbols from the > > previous version and therefore may be backwards compatible if none of > > the older symbols changed ABI/API > > symbol name means nothing if it expects the arguments passed to it are of > different sizes
I know. > see the fun people had in upgrading from 0.9.7e to 0.9.7[fg] on x86_64 linux Wow!!! I didn't know there were breakage even there. But, that wasn't made on purpose, was it? Could you show me any reference to that? Why did that happen? Isn't there any testing made prior to release? Do you know if there are more people interested in keeping API/ABI compatible? ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List openssl-dev@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
