From: Alexander Bokovoy Date: 2003-07-17T21:57:16+09:00 Subject: Re: [Ann] OSSL 0.2.0-pre3 On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 09:08:16PM +0900, GOTOU Yuuzou wrote: > In message <20030717084529.GA10727@sam-solutions.net>, > `Alexander Bokovoy ' wrote: > > Let me reiterate the argument: there are bunch of systems which provide > > only OpenSSL prior to 0.9.7 and OpenSSL 0.9.6j is still considered stable > > by its developers (along with 0.9.7). If you look at http://rpm.pbone.net/ > > and search for openssl-*.src.rpm, you'll find that 0.9.7 is available only > > in RH9 and Mandrake 9.1 if we are speaking about big Linux distributions > > (and of course in their development branches). Everything earlier is using > > 0.9.6. SuSE 8.2 (latest) uses 0.9.6. Debian Woody has 0.9.6 too. > > I understand what you say. I agree that the standard > libraries should be usable on most of major systems. > > However, if a system requires 0.9.6, package of OSSL1 is a > solution for the problem. I think that this problem is also > from system's requirements, and it can be solved by its > package system. > > In addition, for users needing only HTTPS, net/https in > OSSL1 can be used as same as it in OSSL2. Yes. That's why I'm proposing to put both during merge and make a switch between in extconf.rb depending on presenting OpenSSL version. -- / Alexander Bokovoy --- I took a fish head to the movies and I didn't have to pay. -- Fish Heads, Saturday Night Live, 1977.