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@kroeckx kroeckx added branch: master Applies to master branch branch: 1.0.2 Applies to OpenSSL_1_0_2-stable branch (EOL) 1.1.0 labels Mar 10, 2018
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mspncp commented Mar 10, 2018

Just for curiosity: fixes for const-correctness are not considered an API change? (I know things are different between C and C++, because the former has no name mangling).

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mspncp commented Mar 10, 2018

It might force people to rewrite their code, though. So is
Is it really allowed to backport this fix?

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kroeckx commented Mar 10, 2018

And this is really just a documentation change, it's already const in 1.0.2

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Adding const is okay, removing it is not.

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levitte commented Mar 10, 2018

It doesn't break compatibility. That's at least my reasoning.

levitte pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 11, 2018
Reviewed-by: Andy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org>
GH: #5582
levitte pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 11, 2018
Reviewed-by: Andy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org>
GH: #5582
levitte pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 11, 2018
Reviewed-by: Andy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org>
GH: #5582
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Reviewed-by: Andy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org>
GH: openssl#5582
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