doc/releases: add release note about OpenSSL version

Signed-off-by: Laura Flores <lflores@ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Yuri Weinstein <yweinste@redhat.com>

diff --git a/doc/releases/quincy.rst b/doc/releases/quincy.rst
index 18f29b5ac3381eb6e6d9b33c61342cd9d95e7bae..77b474ba6fb035a6e55110357dc38eff40f44353 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/releases/quincy.rst
+++ b/doc/releases/quincy.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ v17.2.9 Quincy
 
 This is the ninth backport (hotfix) release in the Quincy series. We recommend that all users update to this release.
 
+Please be aware that this hotfix was finalized after its end-of-life (EOL) declaration and subsequent removal from the build system. As a result, container builds were not created, and the hotfix has only been subject to limited testing.
+
 Users should expect to see the el8 rpm subdirectory empty and the "dnf" commands are expected
 to fail with 17.2.9.
 They can choose to use 17.2.9 RPM packages for centos 8/el8 provided by CERN as a community
@@ -23,6 +25,9 @@ The repository for el8 builds is hosted by CERN on `Linux@CERN <https://linuxsof
 The public part of the GPG key used to sign the
 packages is available at `RPM-GPG-KEY-Ceph-Community <https://linuxsoft.cern.ch/repos/RPM-GPG-KEY-Ceph-Community>`_ .
 
+Also note that Ceph now builds against OpenSSL 3.5.0, which may affect EL package users who are on distros that
+still reference an older version.
+
 Notable Changes
 ---------------
 

diff --git a/doc/releases/releases.yml b/doc/releases/releases.yml
index baee955dec085f49d59b227c6e92541f50a4180e..f7b58ac8b84bab24ef5b977c1412f8c1b710424f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/releases/releases.yml
+++ b/doc/releases/releases.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ releases:
     actual_eol: 2025-01-13
     releases:
       - version: 17.2.9
-        released: 2025-05-19
+        released: 2025-05-27
       - version: 17.2.8
         released: 2024-11-25
       - version: 17.2.7