Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:18:51 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>, Mike Durian <durian@shadetreesoftware.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: www/libwww and SSL Message-ID: <BA851D8D1FC943B3631B9406@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> In-Reply-To: <45975BFB.2050604@FreeBSD.org> References: <200612291040.29615.durian@shadetreesoftware.com> <20061229190954.GA84882@icarus.home.lan> <1A211FD8C37E9E9379B4526E@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> <20061229212658.GA87752@icarus.home.lan> <54DC7293385544FE17F45902@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> <45975BFB.2050604@FreeBSD.org>
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--==========79A687210F556ED789C3========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On December 30, 2006 10:43:07 PM -0800 Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>=20 wrote: > Paul Schmehl wrote: > >> What I want isn't really relevant. I'm simply suggesting that updating >> the port to include an OPTION for with_ssl seems unnecessary *unless* >> someone is going to port sipX. Have you looked at sipX? Porting it >> would not be simple, and I wonder how much demand there would be. In >> any case, *unless* sipX gets ported, it doesn't make sense to me to >> update www/libwww simply to enable an option no one has asked for until >> now. > > OTOH, what harm does it cause? > That depends on how the port is patched. If with_ssl is included in every = build, it's hard to say. There may be many unintended consequences. If=20 with_ssl is included as an OPTION, then when the port is built it will=20 require someone to be at the console (or an entry in /etc/make.conf.) In either case it's a change, and changes should be thought through and=20 tested carefully, *especially* when they're being done to solve one=20 discrete problem rather than adding general functionality that is required = for many things. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========79A687210F556ED789C3==========--
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