LinuxSecurity.com: OpenSSL 0.9.6d and 0.9.7 Release Plan and Schedule

“The OpenSSL developers team is pleased to announce the upcoming
release of OpenSSL 0.9.7. OpenSSL 0.9.7 contains several changes
and enhancements in many fields; please check out the NEWS and
CHANGES files for details. Some of the changes made break
compatibility, so that application developers and distribution
providers may need a transition period. We have therefore decided
for a 2-step strategy:

• “Release 0.9.6d:
  OpenSSL 0.9.6d will be the last release of the 0.9.6 series,
  containing all of the latest bugfixes while maintaining
  compatibility.
• “Release 0.9.7:
  OpenSSL 0.9.7 contains many enhancements and some incompatible
  changes. It also includes the bugfixes found in 0.9.6d (except for
  those obsoleted by other changes)…”

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