> Regarding general use of other libraries, please think carefully before > voting, 'cause this *is* tricky. If you have a look, you will see that we > *currently* depend on certain standard libraries, such as, for example, libdl.
One has to recognize that each dependency has to be justified. Sometimes you don't have a choice. For example if you want to talk network on Solaris, you have to link with -lsocket -lnsl. It's just part of the game. But in cases one has a choice, well, one has a choice to *make*. And key question is how do you anchor it. It's only natural to have as little dependencies as possible, so question is what would justify extra dependency. > And perhaps we should also mention the pile of libraries used with windows. It's not about amount, but ubiquity and stability. Windows is bad example in the context, because it's rather "mono-cultural" environment. But *otherwise* thing is that we already *know* that those extra libraries work. Or at least know what to expect and how to deal with them on different platforms. They were effectively proven to work by lasting through several releases and years-long bug ironing. This *is* factor too. And that's what made me pose "is b) part of vote" in my last post. _______________________________________________ openssl-project mailing list [email protected] https://mta.openssl.org/mailman/listinfo/openssl-project
