From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Jul 28 16:47: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (mta01-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D112137BA39 for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2000 16:47:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.253.89.53]) by mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000728234700.ZXQD26680.mta01-svc.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain>; Sat, 29 Jul 2000 00:47:00 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id AAA12645; Sat, 29 Jul 2000 00:47:06 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 00:47:06 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Chris BeHanna Cc: FreeBSD-Stable Subject: Re: src code freeze is over for RELENG_4 Message-ID: <20000729004706.D237@parish> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: ; from behanna@zbzoom.net on Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 06:34:45PM -0400 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 06:34:45PM -0400, Chris BeHanna wrote: > On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > > > > Is it worth doing a (non-CD) 4.1.5 release the day after the > > > > patent expires? > > > > > > Why? It's not as if the RSA code is bundled with the system, and > > > to get it into such a state would probably take more than a day. > > > :-) > > > > In fact it should be as simple as removing a whole bunch of makefile > > gunk which is designed to keep RSA *out* of the system at present. > > Most people will already have the source file on their system anyway > > (unless they cvsup from cvsup3, which doesn't carry it) - this was > > one of the changes that went with the crypto repo unification. > > > > It should take no more than 1/2 hour + build testing time :-) > > The trouble is (as someone else pointed out), there are still > countries in which private possession of strong crypto is illegal > ( (not so)Great Britain comes to mind). So what's your problem, sonny? JFYI, crypto is now part of src-all on our mirrors. > If you bundle RSA in with the > base, then there are a whole lot of people (private and commercial) > who will no longer be able to take FreeBSD updates. > > -- > Chris BeHanna > Software Engineer (at yourfit.com) > behanna@zbzoom.net > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- If I buy a copy of WinDelete, and it doesn't delete Windows, am I entitled to my money back? ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message