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Re: OpenSSL alternative support WAS Re: Pre-RFC: support httpsout-of-the-box

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From:
Paul "LeoNerd" Evans
Date:
December 8, 2021 19:12
Subject:
Re: OpenSSL alternative support WAS Re: Pre-RFC: support httpsout-of-the-box
Message ID:
20211208191208.050c256f@shy.leonerd.org.uk
Two other facts which seem relevant, that haven't been mentioned so far:

  1) Perl is currently supported on many more platforms than OpenSSL is

  2) OpenSSL requires perl during its build process

For both of these reasons, core perl *cannot* require OpenSSL.

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Paul "LeoNerd" Evans

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