Shi-Ying Irene Huang writes: > This fast-track increments the version of GnuTLS in Solaris > from 1.6.3 to 2.2.4.
What I can't quite tell from this document is whether applications compiled against 1.6.3 will work with 2.2.4. Are there incompatible changes being made? If so, then what is the impact of those changes? What depends on them and how will they coordinate? What breaks? > Note: > The "extra" GnuTLS libraries -- which contains OpenPGP and TLS/IA > support, LZO compression, the OpenSSL compatibility library -- > and the self tests and command line tools are distributed under > the GNU General Public License version 3.0 (or later), therefore, > we remove them. Yikes. Subordinating system architecture and open source compatibility to legal review seems like a long-term mistake. Is anyone looking at this problem? Or will Open Solaris (despite the best efforts of the Indiana team and the ARC "gang of four") just drift away from Linux as more things become GPLv3? -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
