[Info-vax] SSL V3

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2022-02-16 kl. 15:46, skrev 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
> 
> 

It's the same as Oracle Rdb 7.4.1.1.0 being called V7.4-110 in VMS itself.

So, Simon, what should it be called? My understading is that there are
rules used by VMS on how to format a vesion number.