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commit9d908ba519f2cfe5e21561bdee3e224b94d14a89[log] [tgz]
authorDavid Benjamin <davidben@google.com>Thu May 05 18:54:33 2016 -0400
committerDavid Benjamin <davidben@google.com>Thu May 05 23:06:09 2016 +0000
treec083b02ed0e8820dd7710093ee4ddd75e3e84a58
parent598e55a795fa206571f94a7cb2e5834728b85c98 [diff]
Add BORINGSSL_API_VERSION.

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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  1. .github/
  2. crypto/
  3. decrepit/
  4. fuzz/
  5. include/
  6. ssl/
  7. tool/
  8. util/
  9. .clang-format
  10. .gitignore
  11. BUILDING.md
  12. CMakeLists.txt
  13. codereview.settings
  14. CONTRIBUTING.md
  15. FUZZING.md
  16. INCORPORATING.md
  17. LICENSE
  18. PORTING.md
  19. README.md
  20. STYLE.md
README.md

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: