On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 14:41, Not Zed wrote: > This was covered earlier. > > The mozilla code, while great, is still in development and under > constant change, there is no stable api we can develop to. We dont > really have the resources to help their effort either, unfortunately. > > The pgp code we have just executes an external program and it works > 'enough' for many people, even if it isn't ideal. Once a better > implementation comes along it can just slot in though. >
Which is what the mutt implementation does. If the external call to openssl command is good enough for mutt, and it's common to what evolution is already doing with gpg, why not go with that and worry about nss integration for when (if) it becomes stable? > And no, i dont think we do, to be honest. > > > On Thu, 2002-06-06 at 19:09, Marc Jadoul wrote: > > Hello guys, > > > > I think you underestimate the difficulty to implement a serious s/mime > > client! > > With Mozilla there is much more than just an s/mime api. It permit also > > to request certificate from a website, install them in a PSM, manage CRL > > and OCSP, permit the user to trust a CA or not, via a GUI, you get smart > > card support... All tested by a wide community. > > On the other hand, I am sure OpenSSL is right for SSL/TLS servers and > > eventually clients. > > > > Additionnaly, it would be nice for Gnome users to be able to manage his > > ceertificates in 1 place... like it is in MS products. Why not by > > improving Mozilla code. > > > > I really think that both projects would profit of it! > > > > Marc Jadoul > > > > On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 18:36, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > > > Yea, I can take a look into it. > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > > On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 12:13, Ettore Perazzoli wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 20:53, Not Zed wrote: > > > > > Thats an interesting patch, it all runs off the "openssl" command, > > > > > didn't know it could do all that ... then again i didn't even know it > > > > > existed. > > > > > > > > > > Jeff, perhaps this is the answer? :) > > > > This sounds like a great way to make it work simply and nicely. :-) > > > > (While avoiding messy with NSS, which is always painful.) > > > > > > > > At some point we should probably look into that?.. > > > > > > > > -- Ettore > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > evolution-hackers maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > evolution-hackers maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers _______________________________________________ evolution-hackers maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers
