Re: Update to 12.0-RELEASE schedule

On 09/19/18 09:22, Glen Barber wrote:
> The 12.0-RELEASE schedule will slip while we wait for some last-minute
> work-in-progress to be completed before branching stable/12.
>
> The most notable work-in-progress is upgrading the in-tree OpenSSL to
> version 1.1.1, to avoid being stuck with an outdated OpenSSL when 1.0.x
> reaches end of life on January 1, 2020.  There is a bit of non-trivial
> intrusiveness with this update, notably incompatibility with other
> in-tree utilities such as OpenSSH, Kerberos, and NTP.
FYI, OpenSSH got openssl-1.1.x API support on Sep 13 starting with
this commit.

> commit 482d23bcacdd3664f21cc82a5135f66fc598275f
> Author: djm_at_openbsd.org <djm_at_openbsd.org>
> Date:   Thu Sep 13 02:08:33 2018 +0000
>
>     upstream: hold our collective noses and use the openssl-1.1.x API in
>
>     OpenSSH; feedback and ok tb_at_ jsing_at_ markus_at_
>
>     OpenBSD-Commit-ID: cacbcac87ce5da0d3ca7ef1b38a6f7fb349e4417


> At present, the 12.0-RELEASE schedule will slip by at least one week to
> allow time for this work to be completed so the changes are in the tree
> prior to the stable/12 branch.
>
> The 12.0 schedule has been updated on the website at:
>
>     https://www.freebsd.org/releases/12.0R/schedule.html
>
> Thank you in advance for your patience.
>
> Glen
> On behalf of:	re_at_
>

-- 
Tim Rice