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  • Re: long FreeBSD 14 delay?

    From The Doctor@21:1/5 to wbe@UBEBLOCK.psr.com.invalid on Fri Jun 2 21:46:02 2023
    In article <ydzg5hfsqo.fsf@UBEblock.psr.com>,
    Winston <wbe@UBEBLOCK.psr.com.invalid> wrote:
    The progress page for FreeBSD 14.0 has been saying "delayed" since
    April. I don't recall ever seeing that before. Anyone here happen to
    know what's up? The "executive summary" of why is fine.

    Just an idly curious bystander,
    -WBE

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  • From Winston@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 2 17:40:15 2023
    The progress page for FreeBSD 14.0 has been saying "delayed" since
    April. I don't recall ever seeing that before. Anyone here happen to
    know what's up? The "executive summary" of why is fine.

    Just an idly curious bystander,
    -WBE

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  • From Steven G. Kargl@21:1/5 to Winston on Sat Jun 3 00:42:57 2023
    On Fri, 02 Jun 2023 17:40:15 -0400, Winston wrote:

    The progress page for FreeBSD 14.0 has been saying "delayed" since
    April. I don't recall ever seeing that before. Anyone here happen to
    know what's up? The "executive summary" of why is fine.

    AFAIU, there is an in-base upgrade from openssl 1.1.x to
    (I believe) 3.0.y where there are incompatibilities in the
    API. Devs are either patching in-tree utilities to use
    the new API or are updating code to use a 1.1.x compatibility
    shim. 14 won't be released until the update is done.

    See for example

    https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/dev-commits-src-main/2023-May/015987.html

    --
    steve

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  • From Winston@21:1/5 to I originally on Sat Jun 3 08:52:25 2023
    I originally asked:
    The progress page for FreeBSD 14.0 has been saying "delayed" since
    April. I don't recall ever seeing that before. Anyone here happen to
    know what's up? The "executive summary" of why is fine.

    "Steven G. Kargl" <sgk@REMOVEtroutmask.apl.washington.edu> kindly replied:
    AFAIU, there is an in-base upgrade from openssl 1.1.x to
    (I believe) 3.0.y where there are incompatibilities in the
    API. Devs are either patching in-tree utilities to use
    the new API or are updating code to use a 1.1.x compatibility
    shim. 14 won't be released until the update is done.

    See for example

    https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/dev-commits-src-main/2023-May/015987.html

    Thanks, Steven!
    -WBE

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