Quoting Matthias Loepfe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Ben Laurie wrote:
> >
> > Matthias Loepfe wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I just realized that SSLeay-0.9.0 and OpenSSL-0.9.2 are not binary compatible
> > > at all (I'm using shared libs). It seems that at least some structures have
> > > changed in a incompatible way.
> > >
> > > What is the policy (if there is one at all) for the future regarding binary
> > > compatibility?
> >
> > Because SSLeay uses so many macros that directly access structures,
> > maintaing binary compatibility is rather tricky. It may be that it is
> > worth working towards a position where compatibility is possible, but I
> > don't think we are there at the moment.
>
> I absolutely agree, but I think we should realy haeding towards a position
> where compatibility is possible. Probably this work could be combined with a
> future C++ binding. What do you think?
You haven't given any good reasons. The team is working hard enough, and
backward compatibility doesn't seem that important since you have source
code available. I would rather see them make forward progress than backward
progress.
-josh
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