On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 09:21 +1300, Glynn Foster wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Damien Carbery wrote:
> >>> 2) You say that "we do not use it (psktool) now". Is it a problem to 
> >>> leave that file in the package? Maybe someone else will need that file.\
> >> Because psktool is a new tool imported by gnutls. It still doesn't exist
> >> in gnome 2.16. So removing it will not effect other modules or
> >> applications. Evolution doesn't want to ship it. I agree to remove it.
> > My suggestion to leave it in is to 'future proof' the package i.e. if a 
> > module needs the file (it could be a 3rd party application) then it will 
> > be available without asking us to change the package.
> > We cannot predict who will need this file.
> > 
> > I have no idea what this file does so I cannot decide if it likely that 
> > another module will need it. I am trying to think of unusual circumstances.
> > If it is to be removed then include a comment like this:
> > "- Omit psktool as it is not in GNOME and not used by Evolution, the 
> > primary customer of this package."
> 
> I think you need to be more detailed about what that tool does, and why there
> are no current dependencies on it. Saying that 'Evolution doesn't need it' is
> insufficient.


psktool  Simple PSK password tool
Very simple program that generates random keys for use with
TLS-PSK. The keys are stored in hexadecimal format in a file.

Because it's not included in the old version of gnutls which we shipped
before so no one uses it right now.

Regards,

Jedy Wang
> 
> 
> Glynn


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