There is a problem: People who significantly contributed to the developement of free software (all are well-known to those of us who care about further developement of ssleay) are engaging now to, lets say, improve and keep up to date the SSLeay package. Fine. The drawback: they seem unable to find a common opinion on how to do it and there is a lot of "shit flying around" (as some poster suggested). That's bad, really. And it could stop people from contributing actively in the near future. But according to Newton's law of gravity the shit will come down to earth and eventually nature will do good soil out of it ;-) And after the dust came down all people that would potentially contribute can make their choice where the best place for them is. And I'm sure the best team (best in the sense of more open) will win. It is a little bit like the emotions after annoncement of mod_ssl. I don't want to grab in the archives but the event started with "shit flying around" too. Now there has been a normal situation: Both packages are in competition and this is of use for all of us. Some are like the ideas of mod_ssl while the others enjoy a now faster developement cycle of Apache_SSL. And the users have decided to whom they make _qualified_ suggestions (not only pure wish lists but ideas on how to implement them). Therfore I suggest to stop crying, fighting and side with the one or the others. Instead let give them both a try and decide in some weeks who to support. Having a look at mod_ssl and Apache_SSL I'm sure that the concepts of both parties on how to perform the development are distinguishing enough to make a backed decision. And folks, finally don't forget: It's still x-mas time where peace is an important concept ;-) -- Holger Reif Tel.: +49 361 74707-0 Smartring GmbH Fax.: +49 361 7470720 Europaplatz 5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] D-99091 Erfurt ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to SSLeay (mod_ssl) www.engelschall.com/sw/mod_ssl/ Official Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
