Re: Cutting support for OpenSSL 1.0.1 and 1.0.2 in 17~?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Postgres hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Cutting support for OpenSSL 1.0.1 and 1.0.2 in 17~?
Date: 2023-05-24 14:15:41
Message-ID: 1125987.1684937741@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> writes:
> It would be nice it the OpenSSL project could grant us an LTS license for a
> buildfarm animal to ensure compatibility but I have no idea how realistic that
> is (or how much the LTS version of 1.0.2 has diverged from the last available
> public 1.0.2 version).

Surely the answer must be "not much". The entire point of an LTS
version is to not have to change dusty calling applications.

We had definitely better have some animals still using 1.0.2, but
I don't see much reason to think that the last public release
wouldn't be good enough.

regards, tom lane

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