Re: OpenSSL 4 in Ubuntu 26.10

I'm not going to reply with any of my Ubuntu hats on, but I will reply with my Ubuntu Developer and Debian Maintainer hats on 'cause packages I help maintain in Debian are impacted as well.

On 2026-06-03 07:16, Ravi Kant Sharma via ubuntu-devel wrote:

Hello ubuntu-devel,

I am targeting OpenSSL 4 for Ubuntu 26.10 Stonking Stingray Release.
This major version introduces an ABI break. There is a transition
tracker set up: https://transitions.ubuntu.com/html/openssl4.html.

I don't want to be annoying, but may I ask why we want this in 26.10 instead of 27.04?  Since it's not in any major releases, and only in Debian Experimental at this time, do we really need to jump to OpenSSL 4.0 at the moment?  The level of FTBFS I'm seeing with regards to this in Debian is *insane* and I'm doubtful the vast majority of these FTBFS will be fixed by an October release date.

Just curious about the reasoning on this, Ravi.


Thomas

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