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+Backward Compatibility
+======================
+
+pyOpenSSL has a very strong backward compatibility policy.
+Generally speaking, you shouldn't ever be afraid of updating.
+
+If breaking changes are needed do be done, they are:
+
+#. …announced in the :doc:`changelog`.
+#. …the old behavior raises a :exc:`DeprecationWarning` for a year.
+#. …are done with another announcement in the :doc:`changelog`.