Openssl's support policy means we won't be using a non-LTS version in
Ubuntu. There's a small window where we might use a non-LTS version
provided we are sure we can upgrade to an LTS version of openssl in time
for our own LTS but at the moment this situation has not happened yet.
Openssl 3.1 is not an LTS, nor is 3.2 (released a few days ago), and it
is not known if 3.3 will be. By the way, 3.3 should be released in
April, almost in time for our LTS, but again, we don't know if it will
also be an LTS release.
As a consequence, we are unfortunately most likely going with 3.0 in
24.04, and every subsequent ubuntu release until we know we will have an
LTS in time for our 26.04 (because we can't "downgrade" openssl version
for our LTS releases).
In the future it is possible that we introduce "openssl-latest" or
something like that in order to track most recent releases but without
any support guarantee. This would be a completely separate package.
In any case, I hadn't noticed that 3.1.* had been uploaded to Debian
unstable. I was assuming that the debian maintainers would stick to 3.0
for the same reasons as I outlined above. It's possible they're betting
they will have an openssl LTS release in time for trixie's release since
trixie might be out in 2025 and by that time openssl 3.0 will roughly
reach EOL, and a new openssl LTS would be needed. I guess we'll have to
discuss which openssl version to use post-24.04 but probably not before
24.04 is released.
I'm going to re-write this report as something post 24.04 since we can't
do anything before 24.04 sadly.
** Changed in: openssl (Ubuntu)
Milestone: None => later
** Summary changed:
- Please merge openssl 3.1.4-2 from debian unstable
+ Please merge openssl from debian unstable
** Changed in: openssl (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Please merge openssl from debian unstable
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