On 21 June 2013 02:29, Thor Lancelot Simon <t...@panix.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 09:30:32PM +0000, Jeff Mendoza (MS OPEN TECH) wrote:
>> > Yeah, my point was that in the perfect world, you'd support both at
>> > runtime (at least on the server-side) and either ALPN or NPN could be
>> > used. I want to have a library that supports both, not either-or.
>>
>> Yes, supporting both at runtime would be best. But having a compile-time 
>> option now, and defaulting to NPN should keep this from being a blocking 
>> issue with the patch, correct?
>
> I don't speak for the OpenSSL project, but I'd suggest they should treat
> it as one.  It positively reeks of "embrace and extend".  After all, the
> effect is to force all build systems producing system default packages
> of OpenSSL to pick one way or the other, ensuring that both won't work
> at the same time.

That's not really "embrace and extend", but nevertheless it seems like
an unacceptable design choice.

I suggest you need to figure out how to make both ALPN and NPN work in
a single build to have any chance of acceptance at all.
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