Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2016 15:25:32 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: base components should always be default (Re: change in default openssl coming) Message-ID: <CAN6yY1uKRD_s__Rt=9VdWy9Zots8kRHfPy=7M6ejFEJE7-PJ8w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <25fc6bb5-a4ae-34cc-818f-37bae2e0fa10@madpilot.net> References: <D13290234BD20864405FC0B2@atuin.in.mat.cc> <f146f327-67f8-2ecf-21a9-b348dbe614c2@aldan.algebra.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1607091032170.3737@laptop.wojtek.intra> <SN2PR20MB0845FAC67392F6D12166894F803D0@SN2PR20MB0845.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> <6ceaba03-3e07-606d-3c93-f3f40c8ae38d@madpilot.net> <20160709173116.GU94145@graf.pompo.net> <3547d58c-c4d9-5165-6f80-2cb2326a5eb0@madpilot.net> <20160709204014.GA73439@graf.pompo.net> <25fc6bb5-a4ae-34cc-818f-37bae2e0fa10@madpilot.net>
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This discussion has now been going on for a while. Several times the question "Why should be do this?" has been asked and answered, but I want to know why it is desirable to have ports use the base OpenSSL. Other than the time and disk space required to install the OpenSSL package, I fail to see the point. There are clear advantages to making the base library private to the base system but I have seen no real, significant reason to use the base library. In particular, I have seen no basis for the rather strongly worded subject of this fork of the original post.Why should "base components should always be default"? It would be nice if a response or two could be technically supportable, but that might be asking a bit too much. The initial post to this was mostly "because I like it this way" and was lacking in technical basis. Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683
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