On Wed, 15 Jan 2020 21:07:54 +0100, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: > > Hi Pauli, > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 09:34:40PM +1000, Dr Paul Dale wrote: > > The OMC vote is closed. > > > > The vote text being: > > > > The legacy provider should be disabled by default in 3.0 > > > > With the clarification that "disabled" in this context means "not loaded”. > > > > The vote passed (two for, one against, four abstain) > > It's good to have a decision here, but I'm kind of worried about the four > abstains -- it's easy for me to leap to a conclusion that the individuals > in question just didn't want to to spend the time to come to a considered > position, even though this issue has substantial potential impact for our > userbase. I'm trying to not make faulty assumptions, so some greater > clarity on the circumstances would be helpful, if possible.
This was a vote that I found extremely difficult. This topic has been disputed on and off for quite a while, both on github and within the OMC, and I could never decide between the two sides. Both have pros and cons that outweigh each other. Cheers, Richard -- Richard Levitte levi...@openssl.org OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org/~levitte/