On Sat, Nov 07, 2009, Guenter wrote:

> Hi Steve,
> Dr. Stephen Henson schrieb:
> > Oops, I forgot 0.9.8l is just 0.9.8k + the reneg patch and not 0.9.8-stable.
> hmmm, that is really not what many would expect now; f.e. all folks who
> reported bugs agaist 0.9.8k will now wonder why a version which is
> released 8 months later does *not* contain the fixes although the RTs
> where closed which normally indicate that the fix will show up with next
> release.
> 

It was decided that the volume of changes in 0.9.8-stable meant that a
0.9.8k+reneg patch was the best option to get a fix out quickly with least
chance of any other issues.

First I heard about this (including the reneg issues) was Wednesday while on
vacation (and I still am).

Steve.
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Dr Stephen N. Henson. OpenSSL project core developer.
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