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@t8m t8m commented Nov 19, 2025

Also remove inapplicable policies.

Also remove inapplicable policies.
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t8m commented Dec 2, 2025

@mattcaswell fixup pushed accepting all your proposed changes.

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t8m commented Dec 2, 2025

ping @t-j-h @arapov for this minimal necessary change approval

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A summary of the changes in terms of whether they require agreement ("and") or either organisation can act unilaterally "or".

I don't think we have the mix correct or consistent here. I think the conservative approach is to have "and" and the liberal approach is to have "or" and we really should be consistent.

I would expect "or" or "and" for everything against each policy - and the branch policy is a mix. I would be happy with all being "and" or all being "or" and that "or" actually reflects more of what we have been doing - where either the corporation or the foundation can make the decision - we seek consensus, but consensus is not required if either organisation feels that a specific issue better represents the needs of their community focus.

I think the stronger controls (the "and" usage) on the release requirements does make sense.

Branch Policy

Override for backfits: or
API/ABI breakage: or
Future major branch updates: and
Future minor branch features: or
Future minor branch updates: or
Branch creation: and

Release Requirements

Release objectives set: and
First beta: engineering-managers and
Major and minor releases: engineering-managers and
Responsibility for meeting requirements: engineering-managers and
Performance testing requirements: engineering-managers and

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t8m commented Dec 2, 2025

@t-j-h @mattcaswell please look again

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Looks good. Thanks for the updates!

- According to [stable release update policy] only bug fixes and
documentation changes are allowed.
- By exception given by OMC also other types of pull requests can be merged.
- By exception given by the OpenSSL Foundation and the OpenSSL Corporation
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Not sure if in all cases, should be "and" between OSF and OSS, as in some sentences makes sense also "or"

@t8m t8m added the policy change A change to a policy is being proposed label Dec 3, 2025
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t8m commented Dec 4, 2025

This was merged manually.

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