From: fabian@...
Date: 2014-01-23T10:18:26+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:60018] [ruby-trunk - Feature #9439] Remove OpenSSL from	stdlib

Issue #9439 has been updated by Fabian Ruff.


I must be missing something here but I feel like I'm going crazy over this.
Are we really talking about removing the capability for https communication from ruby core while the world is shifting towards https-only?

To me this is bigger than how to secure the installation of gems without openssl.
With HTTP being the universal internet protocol I think a programming language has to support the secured version from the get go.

Apologies if I misinterpreted the ramifications of removing OpenSSL from ruby core.

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Feature #9439: Remove OpenSSL from stdlib
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9439#change-44539

* Author: Zachary Scott
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Category: lib
* Target version: current: 2.2.0
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Regarding [ruby-core:59943], I agree with nobu that we should remove OpenSSL from ruby.

It's become too hard to maintain, and would better serve our users to encourage the use of a different implementation.

Another benefit of removing OpenSSL is the impact backport fixes have on the release management team.

Although I haven't yet determined the extent of work required to remove it (ie: tooling, tests, etc). We can discuss them here.



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