Prepare for release of 3.6 alpha 1

Reviewed-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Saša Nedvědický <sashan@openssl.org>
Release: yes

diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 2edfb577262c6b468946aacb8826dbd84e77f7b1..2c7be75b37b826871bf854f1bbfb44153d925bc1 100644 (file)
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ OpenSSL Releases
 OpenSSL 3.6
 -----------
 
-### Changes between 3.5 and 3.6 [xx XXX xxxx]
+### Changes between 3.5 and 3.6 alpha 1 [2 Sep 2025]
 
  * Added support for EVP_SKEY opaque symmetric key objects to the key
    derivation and key exchange provider methods. Added `EVP_KDF_CTX_set_SKEY()`,

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 4d76005b5aa23798dc5efcedd8e707756e900c8f..07490da890677105c10d16110769e458ea645975 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ OpenSSL Releases
 OpenSSL 3.6
 -----------
 
-### Major changes between OpenSSL 3.5 and OpenSSL 3.6 [under development]
+### Major changes between OpenSSL 3.5 and OpenSSL 3.6 alpha 1 [in pre-release]
 
 This release incorporates the following potentially significant or incompatible
 changes:

diff --git a/VERSION.dat b/VERSION.dat
index 7c604defb1f349afe52efe3288a79877b51f30d9..26d8f999e7e6790633f8fbe47df5a6b1fd53ad6d 100644 (file)
--- a/VERSION.dat
+++ b/VERSION.dat
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 MAJOR=3
 MINOR=6
 PATCH=0
-PRE_RELEASE_TAG=dev
+PRE_RELEASE_TAG=alpha1
 BUILD_METADATA=
-RELEASE_DATE=""
+RELEASE_DATE="2 Sep 2025"
 SHLIB_VERSION=3