Fwd: openssl vs. libressl

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> From: Bradley Giesbrecht <pixilla at macports.org>
> Date: November 11, 2015 at 10:14:59 AM CST
> To: "René J.V. Bertin" <rjvbertin at gmail.com>
> Cc: Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org>, Jeremy Huddleston <jeremyhu at macports.org>, MacPorts Users <macports-users at lists.macosforge.org>
> Subject: Re: openssl vs. libressl
> 
>> On Nov 11, 2015, at 4:15 AM, René J.V. Bertin <rjvbertin at gmail.com <mailto:rjvbertin at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> - when a user made the opposite choice (say libressl instead of openssl), doing `port install curl` (for example) will translate to `port install curl +libressl` which means s/he won't benefit of binary packages for curl when curl has not expressed a preference for libressl.
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> I believe most openssl dependent ports are not binary distributable due to the openssl license.
> 
> If libressl has a better license this would be a good reason to make it the default ssl and openssl the alternative.
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> Regards,
> Bradley Giesbrecht (pixilla)
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