Reply-To: openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net References: <1496177444-18373-1-git-send-email-steffan@...1856...> <29f51139-a525-fd92-0fe1-195d308d2924@...2080...> <20170531070258.GC97029@...1296...> <20170531092817.GH97029@...1296...> <7bb03bbe8955dacd3a3130f64724024f.squirrel@...2257...> From: David Sommerseth Message-ID: <8fb2b96f-67c8-73ba-3dfd-13ddce59b599@...2080...> Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 17:08:05 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <7bb03bbe8955dacd3a3130f64724024f.squirrel@...2257...> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ne5veO3pRGb39xn74B4l5TJDI3hGFi8bn" Subject: Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH release/2.4] configure.ac: fix building against static openssl List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Simon Matter Cc: openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --ne5veO3pRGb39xn74B4l5TJDI3hGFi8bn Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="0G3Tr2ja7urddEet8A9XKuOFt9iEAQRAo"; protected-headers="v1" From: David Sommerseth Reply-To: openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To: Simon Matter Cc: openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <8fb2b96f-67c8-73ba-3dfd-13ddce59b599@...2080...> Subject: Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH release/2.4] configure.ac: fix building against static openssl References: <1496177444-18373-1-git-send-email-steffan@...1856...> <29f51139-a525-fd92-0fe1-195d308d2924@...2080...> <20170531070258.GC97029@...1296...> <20170531092817.GH97029@...1296...> <7bb03bbe8955dacd3a3130f64724024f.squirrel@...2257...> In-Reply-To: <7bb03bbe8955dacd3a3130f64724024f.squirrel@...2257...> --0G3Tr2ja7urddEet8A9XKuOFt9iEAQRAo Content-Language: en-GB Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 31/05/17 15:51, Simon Matter wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 11:14:33AM +0200, David Sommerseth wrote: >>> On 31/05/17 09:02, Gert Doering wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 02:31:40AM +0200, David Sommerseth wrote: >>>>> If we really do care for supporting 0.9.8, in release/2.4 - I can >>> give >>>>> this an ACK. Otherwise, I think it might be better to backport >>>>> 039a89c331e9b7998d804 + 79ea67f77ca3afe91222f. >>>> >>>> You are the one that objects most violently if we break users' >>> expectations >>> >>> Yes and no. In regards to end users, I am very careful. In regards to >>> package maintainers, I am less weary as they won't distribute failing >>> builds to end users. This change hits package building, not the end >>> user. >> >> Well, this is a somewhat simplistic world view, with "package builders" >> and "package installers". >> >> People are stuck on older enterprise distributions, for whatever reasons, >> but want a newer openvpn version - so they get the source bundle, and >> compile. Which is a perfectly fine deployment model - and we should not >> break things in 2.4.3 that worked just fine in 2.4.2 for them (unless >> there is a strong reason, like "we have a vulnerability here that we >> cannot fix unless we abandon an older API"). >=20 > I strongly support your view, Gert. I really hope we do not see such > breakage in minor stable releases. Do you depend on building against OpenSSL 0.9.8? If so, which OS/distribution do you use? --=20 kind regards, David Sommerseth OpenVPN Technologies, Inc --0G3Tr2ja7urddEet8A9XKuOFt9iEAQRAo-- --ne5veO3pRGb39xn74B4l5TJDI3hGFi8bn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJZLtxcAAoJEIbPlEyWcf3yFRgQAMKP8mLsWpxhqOqJMtIFvYb2 SQAqpYIspHqbEfvbnZIJ3/ZK6/Vbboln1zta1/qfBJ1Nb8qw2piTGSmyJXrlpoY7 KRcBMq9hvRk034OU2UZ4nvFnNbSvfbJZlCfDeYwd8YI03v/ZZfS5eJqeJY5y6PlZ BQdEpQs5MagZ50axra8xSaPIyMgUX4JCog2zE52/KlvqSYmzur25B624tADExiUX EbL+RusVUK8iFQUTiqJxLrj2jE69UDQfU8AhwMkjwXSWG7SQ/sZAeMs0AGaQlpI+ e82x8owftsyCX48qWFv7s42G6YgFxUyCi2pdTieXjwqhPug9jFrdnlJvlPvoP+XM xwJPIj+WJ2zyqGm8DWe0xOJ8bHSO9BzILLwtDeVfpKSosIMOQ6F94R/2e25vPH4/ pS3HLOIeYmpkj+RMZItdW24ofOR8E1W2O3Lnmvey58bY/zQXg94f+IVeFUObEjcd QDzxG6v8fiKFmA4D+eCau6z+oD/auJJbFIVq4BAU/ux3jihxuR2U1naNua8MQ8Ef ouxNYjzrK6OAXdmPWD2oD0FkcyXUP9I4zr4CRGNEuoS3u7EV3SGlg9Wd7yDDaJyI 4O9xRRjIPEuV8HWllnj0yzDoy08uwuIFZrgndjjIyBwjUmOOjWGPT/jXx/UxSzSu bypUjYckWg+xAkqG9IYh =EOJE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ne5veO3pRGb39xn74B4l5TJDI3hGFi8bn--