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Subject: Fwd: openssl vs. libressl
From: woods.w () gmail ! com
Date: 2015-11-11 16:50:51
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> From: Bradley Giesbrecht <pixilla@macports.org>
> Date: November 11, 2015 at 10:14:59 AM CST
> To: "René J.V. Bertin" <rjvbertin@gmail.com>
> Cc: Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign@macports.org>, Jeremy Huddleston \
> <jeremyhu@macports.org>, MacPorts Users \
> <macports-users@lists.macosforge.org>
> Subject: Re: openssl vs. libressl
>
> > On Nov 11, 2015, at 4:15 AM, René J.V. Bertin <rjvbertin@gmail.com \
> > <mailto:rjvbertin@gmail.com>> wrote:
> > - when a user made the opposite choice (say libressl instead of openssl), doing \
> > `port install curl` (for example) will translate to `port install curl +libressl` \
> > which means s/he won't benefit of binary packages for curl when curl has not \
> > expressed a preference for libressl.
>
> I believe most openssl dependent ports are not binary distributable due to the \
> openssl license.
> If libressl has a better license this would be a good reason to make it the default \
> ssl and openssl the alternative.
>
> Regards,
> Bradley Giesbrecht (pixilla)
>
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message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; \
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style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; \
color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span \
style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" \
class="">Bradley Giesbrecht <<a href="mailto:pixilla@macports.org" \
class="">pixilla@macports.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div \
style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" \
class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, \
sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span \
style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" \
class="">November 11, 2015 at 10:14:59 AM CST<br class=""></span></div><div \
style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" \
class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, \
sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span \
style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" \
class="">"René J.V. Bertin" <<a href="mailto:rjvbertin@gmail.com" \
class="">rjvbertin@gmail.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: \
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span \
style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; \
color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Cc: </b></span><span \
style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" \
class="">Ryan Schmidt <<a href="mailto:ryandesign@macports.org" \
class="">ryandesign@macports.org</a>>, Jeremy Huddleston <<a \
href="mailto:jeremyhu@macports.org" class="">jeremyhu@macports.org</a>>, MacPorts \
Users <<a href="mailto:macports-users@lists.macosforge.org" \
class="">macports-users@lists.macosforge.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div \
style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" \
class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, \
sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span \
style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" \
class=""><b class="">Re: openssl vs. libressl</b><br class=""></span></div><br \
class=""><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html \
charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; \
-webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><blockquote \
type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 11, 2015, at 4:15 AM, René J.V. Bertin \
<<a href="mailto:rjvbertin@gmail.com" class="">rjvbertin@gmail.com</a>> \
wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span \
style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: \
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: \
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display: inline !important;" class="">- when a user made the opposite choice (say \
libressl instead of openssl), doing `port install curl` (for example) will translate \
to `port install curl +libressl` which means s/he won't benefit of binary packages \
for curl when curl has not expressed a preference for libressl.</span><br \
style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: \
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: \
auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; \
widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" \
class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">I believe most openssl \
dependent ports are not binary distributable due to the openssl license.</div><div \
class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If libressl has a better license this would \
be a good reason to make it the default ssl and openssl the alternative.</div><div \
class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div \
class="">Regards,</div><div class="">Bradley Giesbrecht (pixilla)</div></div><div \
class=""><br class=""></div></div>_______________________________________________<br \
class="">macports-users mailing list<br class=""><a \
href="mailto:macports-users@lists.macosforge.org" \
class="">macports-users@lists.macosforge.org</a><br \
class="">https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users<br \
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