Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 07:28:47 +0100 (CET) From: Blaz Zupan <blaz@amis.net> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: openssl in -current Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002210726090.429-100000@gold.amis.net> In-Reply-To: <19347.951098777@zippy.cdrom.com>
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> In FreeBSD's case, however, the conservative approach has landed us in > "no man's land", where openssl can neither be wholly justified or > dismissed, and I think that's a fundamental issue which needs to be > addressed. I've seen Kris's arguments about how integrating openssl > is a useful first step, but that's not actually as strong an arguing > position as it sounds. Just stepping back a bit, in fact, one can I wholly agree. I would just like to remind everybody of the TCL fiasco. If I remember correctly, TCL was also imported on the grounds of "we will need this later" and it caused a whole lot of problems because the software that was supposed to use it never appeared in the tree. I'd say, back it out until we really need it in there. Blaz Zupan, blaz@amis.net, http://home.amis.net/blaz/ Medinet d.o.o., Linhartova 21, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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