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Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 19:09:05 -0600
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Subject: Re: Re[2]: openssh OR openssh-portable
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At 06:09 PM 6/27/2002, Arvinn Løkkebakken wrote:


>"Managing the distribution of OpenSSH is split into two teams. One team does
>strictly OpenBSD-based development, aiming to produce code that is as clean,
>simple, and secure as possible. The other team takes the clean version and
>makes it portable, so that it will run on many operating systems (these are
>known as the p releases, and named like "OpenSSH 3.3p1"). Please click on
>the provided link for your operating system."
>
>By reading this I understand that the p release (openssh-portable) is not as
>clean 

Unfortunately, the definition of "clean" here seems to really mean
"OpenBSD-specific and non-portable."

I don't agree with this definition. As a rule, portable code is usually 
better tested and therefore "cleaner" in that sense.

The only thing which is really "unclean" about the portable version is
licensing: it uses GNU configure. I really wish it didn't. At least
the OpenSSH code itself is truly free.

--Brett


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