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The BORINGSSL_YYYYMM #defines have served well to coordinate short-term skews in BoringSSL's public API, but some consumers (notably wpa_supplicant in Android) wish to build against multiple versions for an extended period of time. Consumers should not do this unless there is no alternative, but to accommodate this, start a BORINGSSL_API_VERSION counter. In future, instead of BORINGSSL_YYYYMM #defines, we'll simply increment the number. This is specifically called an "API version" rather than a plain "version" as this number does not denote any particular point in development or stability. It purely counts how many times we found it convenient to let the preprocessor observe a public API change up to now. Change-Id: I39f9740ae8e793cef4c2b5fb5707b9763b3e55ce Reviewed-on: https://boringssl-review.googlesource.com/7870 Reviewed-by: Adam Langley <agl@google.com> |
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BoringSSL
BoringSSL is a fork of OpenSSL that is designed to meet Google's needs.
Although BoringSSL is an open source project, it is not intended for general use, as OpenSSL is. We don't recommend that third parties depend upon it. Doing so is likely to be frustrating because there are no guarantees of API or ABI stability.
Programs ship their own copies of BoringSSL when they use it and we update everything as needed when deciding to make API changes. This allows us to mostly avoid compromises in the name of compatibility. It works for us, but it may not work for you.
BoringSSL arose because Google used OpenSSL for many years in various ways and, over time, built up a large number of patches that were maintained while tracking upstream OpenSSL. As Google's product portfolio became more complex, more copies of OpenSSL sprung up and the effort involved in maintaining all these patches in multiple places was growing steadily.
Currently BoringSSL is the SSL library in Chrome/Chromium, Android (but it's not part of the NDK) and a number of other apps/programs.
There are other files in this directory which might be helpful:
- PORTING.md: how to port OpenSSL-using code to BoringSSL.
- BUILDING.md: how to build BoringSSL
- INCORPORATING.md: how to incorporate BoringSSL into a project.
- STYLE.md: rules and guidelines for coding style.
- include/openssl: public headers with API documentation in comments. Also available online.
- FUZZING.md: information about fuzzing BoringSSL.
- CONTRIBUTING.md: how to contribute to BoringSSL.