> > > That said, I think too we should favor libgcrypt, because it has a > > > lighter security record. > > > > I mailed him about that and SONAME versionning. > > I got his reply. As Junichi thought, he doesn't know about SONAME > versionning. I pointed to him chapter 6 of the libtool manual. > He said he's only using "basic cryptographic stuff from libcrypto, > which are less likely to have security problems." As he has been > approved by google's "Summer of Code", the next two months' work will > only be functionnality adds. Changing cryptographic library is not a > priority, but at queue of the TODO.
You could do that kind of dirty work for him; I think that's essential for inclusion into Debian archive. Here's a link to a related work I've done before, which might be helpful: http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/15/message/53065/thread regards, junichi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]