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As of release 1.0.0 the OpenSSL versioning scheme was improved
to better meet developers' and vendors' expectations. Letter
- releases, such as 1.0.1a, exclusively contain bug and security
+ releases, such as 1.0.2a, exclusively contain bug and security
fixes and no new features. Minor releases that change the
- last digit, e.g. 1.0.1 vs. 1.0.2, can and are likely to
+ last digit, e.g. 1.1.0 vs. 1.1.1, can and are likely to
contain new features, but in a way that does not break binary
compatibility. This means that an application compiled and
- dynamically linked with 1.0.0 does not need to be recompiled
- when the shared library is updated to 1.0.2. It should be
+ dynamically linked with 1.1.0 does not need to be recompiled
+ when the shared library is updated to 1.1.0. It should be
noted that some features are transparent to the application
such as the maximum negotiated TLS version and cipher suites,
performance improvements and so on. There is no need to
<ul>
<li>Version 1.1.0 will be supported until 2018-08-31.</li>
<li>Version 1.0.2 will be supported until 2019-12-31 (LTS).</li>
- <li>Support for version 1.0.1 will cease on 2016-12-31. No
- further releases of 1.0.1 will be made after that date.
- Security fixes only will be applied to 1.0.1 until then.</li>
+ <li>Version 1.0.1 is no longer supported.</li>
<li>Version 1.0.0 is no longer supported.</li>
<li>Version 0.9.8 is no longer supported.</li>
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