From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2025 20:50:25 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: DEPRECATE.md: We remove the OpenSSL-QUIC backend in March 2026
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DEPRECATE.md: We remove the OpenSSL-QUIC backend in March 2026

URL: https://curl.se/mail/lib-2025-10/0000.html

Closes #18820
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diff --git a/docs/DEPRECATE.md b/docs/DEPRECATE.md
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@@ -55,6 +55,21 @@ free version risk being vulnerable.
 
 We remove support for this OpenSSL version from curl in June 2026.
 
+## OpenSSL-QUIC
+
+OpenSSL-QUIC is what we call the curl QUIC backend that uses the OpenSSL QUIC
+stack.
+
+ - It is slower and uses more memory than the alternatives and is only
+   experimental in curl.
+ - It gets little attention from OpenSSL and we have no expectation of the
+   major flaws getting corrected anytime soon.
+ - No one has spoken up for keeping it
+ - curl users building with vanilla OpenSSL can still use QUIC through the
+   means of ngtcp2
+
+We remove the OpenSSL-QUIC backend in March 2026.
+
 ## Past removals
 
  - axTLS (removed in 7.63.0)