From: Ben Darnell <ben@bendarnell.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 01:44:02 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Clarify release notes about create_default_context.
X-Git-Tag: v4.2.0~1
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=683429acdb989492843ea06eb2b3541f4fb9cd8e;p=thirdparty%2Ftornado.git

Clarify release notes about create_default_context.

Encourage use of SSLContext on the server side.
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diff --git a/docs/releases/v4.2.0.rst b/docs/releases/v4.2.0.rst
index e0fad8c04..81476c0bd 100644
--- a/docs/releases/v4.2.0.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v4.2.0.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ Backwards-compatibility notes
   of ``certifi`` when possible (i.e. Python 2.7.9+ or 3.4+). This includes
   `.IOStream` and ``simple_httpclient``, but not ``curl_httpclient``.
 * The default SSL configuration has become stricter, using
-  `ssl.create_default_context` where available.
+  `ssl.create_default_context` where available on the client side.
+  (On the server side, applications are encouraged to migrate from the
+  ``ssl_options`` dict-based API to pass an `ssl.SSLContext` instead).
 * The deprecated classes in the `tornado.auth` module, ``GoogleMixin``,
   ``FacebookMixin``, and ``FriendFeedMixin`` have been removed.