Actually OSX is foobar'ed even then, Apple's ancient openssl just doesn't support TLSv1.2. Some sites are already requiring that:
osx:~ vbraun$ openssl s_client -connect www.kernel.org:443 CONNECTED(00000003) write:errno=54 On Monday, November 21, 2016 at 12:21:31 PM UTC+1, Emmanuel Charpentier wrote: > > Dear list, > > The fact that we can't ship openSSL (see uncountable theads in sage-devel > and others) seems to pose more and more difficulties. See for example this > thread <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/sage-support/rDV9uGT2ViM> > on sage-support, and especially Dima's answer > <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sage-support/rDV9uGT2ViM/GuKDbhSKAwAJ>, > as well as this annoying ticket <https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/21767>, > discussed in this saga > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/sage-devel/QaBdHSNJuKg> . > > Could'nt we add OpenSSL as a prerequisite to Sage, and it"s development > files as a prerequisite to building Sage ? This would require of the user > to install OpenSSL systemwide, thus making it "system software" and > satisfying the strange licensing requirements that bother us. > > One could even do that indirectly, by requiring a systemwide libcurl > supporting https : this would de facto enforce the systemwide installation > of OpenSSL (or a reasonable facsimile). That's what I was trying to do in > this > proposal <https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/21767#comment:41>... (IIRC, > the problem with libcurl is also bound to OpenSSL : libcurl itself is not a > problem. But I'll have to check : if this is true, we can require OpenSSL > and ship libcurl which will then compile cleanly). > > Comments ? Especially wrt Macs, which seem to be further encumbered by > Apple's dirty tricks... > > Should we have a vote ? > > -- > Emmanuel Charpentier > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
