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Awesome as SSL is a modern standard. 23 noy 2021, Ã.a. 22:30 tarixindÉ 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 > > -- > -- > oodler@cpan.org > oodler577@sdf-eu.org > SDF-EU Public Access UNIX System - http://sdfeu.org > irc.perl.org #openmp #pdl #native >Thread Previous | Thread Next