doc/releases: add release note about OpenSSL version

Signed-off-by: Laura Flores <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Yuri Weinstein <[email protected]>

Author: Laura Flores

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
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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