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Date:      Sun, 16 Mar 2025 18:34:33 -0700
From:      "Enji Cooper (yaneurabeya)" <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>
To:        Minsoo Choo <minsoochoo0122@proton.me>
Cc:        FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Expected OpenSSL versions in 14-stable and 15-current
Message-ID:  <381937C3-47E7-4686-A47A-69A1A1B0F50B@gmail.com>
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> On Mar 12, 2025, at 4:19 PM, Minsoo Choo <minsoochoo0122@proton.me> wrote:
> 
> OpenSSL 3.5 LTS alpha has been just released [1]. The expected EOL date of OpenSSL 3.0 LTS is September 7th 2026 [2]. FreeBSD 15 is expected to be release in December 2025, and FreeBSD 14.5 is expected to be released in September 2026. 14-stable will be see its EOL on November 30th, 2028 [3].
> 
> Will FreeBSD 15 contain OpenSSL 3.5 LTS in this December? And for 14-stable, will it have upgrade to OpenSSL 3.5 LTS before FreeBSD 14.5 or just maintain 3.0 LTS with our own bug/security fixes until 14-stable's end-of-life date?
> 
> [1] https://github.com/openssl/openssl/releases/tag/openssl-3.5.0-alpha1
> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSSL#Major_version_releases
> [3] https://www.freebsd.org/security/#sup

Hi Minsoo,
	It makes sense to upgrade to 3.5 on CURRENT, but I don’t think we can do that on STABLE branches because of ABI/KBI compatibility guarantees.
Cheers,
-Enji

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