> > I'd like to be able to backport this server-side SSL support to older > > Pythons, like the 2.3.4 in CentOS 4 and the 2.3.5 in OS X 10.4. > > That would have to be a private fork or a 3rd party extension module; > python.org is committed to keeping existing releases stable > (feature-wise).
Yes, that was my thinking -- just something for us holdouts to use. > I think that it probably can be done, but beware that older Pythons > (and you're going quite a while back!) may use different APIs for > object creation/deletion, so you may end up having to do some work > still. Really? 2.3 to 2.6? I've looked through the ChangeLog for _ssl.c, and it does seem extensive. Also, those older versions may have (client-side) ssl support > in their socket module -- isn't that going to conflict? I don't think so. Installing this package would upgrade that support without modifying the existing functionality. > Finally, some > old Python versions may not like new openssl versions (I don't know if > this is the case, but I wouldn't rule it out without testing). Could be. But it's the same OpenSSL that we're using to build the new Python on that platform, so I think it should work. It's more an instance of the latest Python not liking older OpenSSL versions. Bill _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
