Editing OpenSSL (section)

=== Backwards compatibility ===

Among developers communities, OpenSSL is often cited for introducing API compatibility breakage with each new major version,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/22305|title=OpenSSL 3 breaks webpack build · Issue #22305 · brave/brave-browser|website=GitHub|access-date=February 25, 2023|archive-date=December 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208042515/https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/22305|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=277577|title=openssl version 3.0 in arch? / Newbie Corner / Arch Linux Forums|website=bbs.archlinux.org|access-date=February 25, 2023|archive-date=May 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516183345/https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=277577|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/openssl-3-0-transition-plans/24453|title=OpenSSL 3.0 transition plans|date=April 6, 2022|website=Ubuntu Community Hub|access-date=February 25, 2023|archive-date=December 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241225033457/https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/openssl-3-0-transition-plans/24453|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/nginx/unit/issues/597|title=OpenSSL 3.0 Compatibility · Issue #597 · nginx/unit|website=GitHub|access-date=February 25, 2023|archive-date=December 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208043018/https://github.com/nginx/unit/issues/597|url-status=live}}</ref> which requires software adaptations that tend to delay new version adoptions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://discuss.python.org/t/our-future-with-openssl/21486|title=Our future with OpenSSL|date=November 28, 2022|website=Discussions on Python.org|access-date=February 25, 2023|archive-date=February 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225163414/https://discuss.python.org/t/our-future-with-openssl/21486|url-status=live}}</ref> This, combined with the fact that previous releases are generally maintained for no more than two years after a new major one is released<ref name="openssl_3.0.0_release_blog" /> tends to force some vendors to anticipate software migrations very early while still having little time left<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/experience-bringing-openssl-30-rhel-and-fedora|title=The experience of bringing OpenSSL 3.0 into Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora|website=www.redhat.com}}</ref> to update to a new release, sometimes at the risk of losing some compatibility with existing software<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/g/help-cfengine/c/45i4ROevUVw|title=Compile against OpenSSL 3.X|website=groups.google.com|access-date=February 25, 2023|archive-date=December 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208153714/https://groups.google.com/g/help-cfengine/c/45i4ROevUVw|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://forum.eset.com/topic/32613-eset-management-agent-rhel-9x-openssl-30x/|title=ESET Management Agent (RHEL 9.x, OpenSSL 3.0.x)|website=ESET Security Forum|date=June 6, 2022|access-date=February 25, 2023|archive-date=December 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209230105/https://forum.eset.com/topic/32613-eset-management-agent-rhel-9x-openssl-30x/|url-status=live}}</ref> or risking regressions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bugs.python.org/issue46313|title=Issue 46313: SSLObject does not raise SSLEOFError on OpenSSL 3 - Python tracker|website=bugs.python.org|access-date=February 25, 2023|archive-date=December 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208033439/https://bugs.python.org/issue46313|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/164507|title=RHEL 9 : openssl (RHSA-2022:6224)|website=www.tenable.com|access-date=February 25, 2023|archive-date=December 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208042937/https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/164507|url-status=live}}</ref>