[Info-vax] VSI OpenVMS Roadmap, December 2022

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/29/2022 11:00 PM, Bob Gezelter wrote:
> On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 7:14:08 PM UTC-5, John Dallman wrote:
>> In article <toku1b$di0h$1... at dont-email.me>, seao... at hoffmanlabs.invalid
>> (Stephen Hoffman) wrote:
>>> Updated roadmap has been posted:
>>> https://vmssoftware.com/about/roadmap/
>> OpenJDK and OpenSSL (Assuming that's what "SSL3" is) will need frequent
>> security updates. Serious vulnerabilities show up in them fairly often.
> 
> I would hope that "annual release" does not refer to patches. OpenSSL
> vulnerabilities need to be patched together with other OSes.
> Otherwise, there will be issues with ongoing security compliance.
Based on current practice there is every reason to expect
frequent OpenSSL patches.

Annual releases must be 9.3, 9.3-1, 9.3-2, 9.4 or whatever.

Arne