[Info-vax] SSL V3

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 2/16/2022 9:08 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2022-02-16, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> On 2/16/2022 8:52 AM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
>>> Yes, they are calling it OpenSSL v3.0-1, which presumably corresponds to
>>> OpenSSL 3.0.1.  The product name is SSL3.  Since binary compatibility is
>>> now guaranteed for anything with the same major version number, we
>>> should not have a repeat of the product naming madness that resulted in
>>> SSL111.
>>
>> Retain open source name and VMSify version number from x.y.z to x.y-z is
>> all fine. No confusion.
> 
> What about 6 months from now when people are asking if this is a
> patch for v3.0 or is really a renamed v3.0.1 ?

Then somebody tell them that VMS version number convention is
not major.minor.release.patchlevel but
major.minor-release ECOpatchlevel.

Arne