Hi, On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 07:43:44AM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Jul 12, Toni Mueller <supp...@oeko.net> wrote: > > * Package name : libressl > I am highly doubtful at best.
in which respect, and why? > What are your plans exactly? My plan is to first build the package(s) and upload to experimental, so people can start to play with it. > Would it have the same SONAME of openssl and conflict+provide it? I would like to make it co-installable with OpenSSL, but in general, this should be a drop-in replacement until APIs really diverge in a visible way. Yes, it would provide 'openssl', but I intend to place them into a different directory, so you might have to use LD_PATH to get them. Whether it has to conflict with openssl, I'll figure out that later, if otherwise the case would arise that a binary might get libssl from one package, and libcrypto from the other. So far, it looks like a recompile could be necessary. But since the upstream package has seen the light of day only yesterday (see http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.openbsd.announce/186 for the announcement), things are not yet stable. For the technical side of the discussion, you can read http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.os.openbsd.tech). > Would it be a totally different library which packages would > build-depend on? Packages currently build-depending on openssl should be able to build-depend on "openssl-dev | libressl-dev". For recent versions of OpenSSH, it already works, and another user writes: "Just switched my slackware 14.1 box over to libressl instead of openssl and it's working great so far, no problems at all." So I guess usability is already good. But imho, it does have to stand the test of time, and receive independent review, and much more exposure. Which is one reason why I think it is a very good idea to expose it to the Debian and related communities. Kind regards, --Toni++ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140712130429.gc10...@spruce.wiehl.oeko.net
