[OE-core] [RFC PATCH 00/10] Add openssl 1.1

[Alexander Kanavin]

On 05/10/2017 06:34 PM, Davis, Michael wrote:
> Sitting on 2.3 wouldn't be too much an issue for me, but I can't speak for others that may be in the same situation.
> Do these patches / new versions require 1.1.0 or break backwards compatibility with 1.0.2?
> It would be nice if it could be handled by the PREFFERED_VERSION/PREFERRERED_PROVIDER.

PREFERRED_ thing is not possible, unfortunately. 1.1 is API incompatible 
with 1.0, and so both need to be provided at the same time, with recipes 
explicitly telling which one they need. Most of the patchset is moving 
various recipes to newer, 1.1 compatible versions, so we minimize the 
need for 1.0.

1.0 will be provided for as long as upstream supports it, which should 
be another two years or so.

Alex