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Elvin Aslanov
Date:
November 23, 2021 18:32
Subject:
Re: Pre-RFC: support https out-of-the-box
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Awesome as SSL is a modern standard.

23 noy 2021, Ç.a. 22:30 tarixində Oodler 577 via perl5-porters <
perl5-porters@perl.org> yazdı:

> * Neil Bowers <neilb@neilb.org> [2021-11-23 17:55:28 +0000]:
>
> > When you install Perl, although it comes with HTTP::Tiny, it doesn't
> support https because HTTP::Tiny requires IO::Socket::SSL (which isn?t
> bundled with Perl). This means that CPAN.pm and other tools can't make
> https mandatory, as when bootstrapping a new box you'll typically install
> perl then run cpan to first install Net::SSLeay and IO::Socket::SSL.
> >
> > I think we should make Perl support https "out of the box", so that
> CPAN.pm could make https mandatory, and other modules could then support
> https while relying only on core modules.
> >
> > One approach is to bundle Net::SSLeay and IO::Socket::SSL, but I don't
> know if that's the best / right solution?
> >
> > One problem with bundling these modules is that we are then committed to
> ensuring that they work on all supported platforms / configurations. Is it
> ok to support https out-of-the-box on some supported platforms but not all
> of them? I think so.
>
> That last point is the rub. I've on several occasions run into issues with
> Net::SSLeay not building on upgrade Ubuntu because of a lag in supporting
> some breaking ABI change in libssl. In addition to that, there might be
> some
> issues with OSes that distribute perl even including the necessary
> development
> libraries/headers out of the box. Otherwise, I think this is a nice idea -
> just might require a large coordinated effort - particularly from
> "downstream"
> packages, ports, and base OS maintainers. I'm none of those, but I do feel
> your
> pain..
>
> Brett
>
> >
> > Neil
>
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