Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 13:23:16 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OpenSSL vs. -lmd Message-ID: <20020807112316.GA65008@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <3D50E590.66BCE6B6@mindspring.com> References: <3D4A43DB.5DE70508@mindspring.com> <200208070736.g777a11p003654@grimreaper.grondar.org> <3D50E590.66BCE6B6@mindspring.com>
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On Wed, Aug 07, 2002 at 02:17:04AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > Mark Murray wrote: > > Perl was removed from the base system because > > > > 1) It was hard to maintain in the base > > I would argue that this is the result of being actively maintained > by a third party. I believe it was more due to the fact that Perl's build system and FreeBSD's build system did not work well together. This [snip] > > > > OpenSSL is very easy to maintain in the base tree - its API is > > stable (sure, its being added to), and it can be removed from the > > world build trivially. > > Not without a comparable loss of functionality, starting with > having no non-console access available by default. > > I'd also argue that the base system version would be 0.9.6e > right now, of maintenance was as trivial as you imply that it > is. Since the base system version is 0.9.6e right now, I guess maintenance of OpenSSl isn't too hard. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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