On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 12:02 PM, Eric Gourgoulhon <egourgoul...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Having read the discussion, I would add a big +1 to what Thierry proposes in > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sage-devel/fE45025Wphs/FheYtjBWAAAJ > > So I guess that in terms of vote this means > > |X| Yes, we should fully support OpenSSL now, and clarify the licensing > issue. > > BUT following Thierry's procedure: > > - check if libssl-dev (or similar) is installed on the OS > - yes: > - use it > - no: > - strongly complain about it, provide documentation on how to do it > (possibly provide a doc that depends on the system), > - propose 3 options: > - "i will install openssl from the distro, and come back later > (recommended)" > - "i want Sage to install openssl optional package, i know that > there will be security issues" > - "i do not want openssl support, i know that i will not be able > to install any R or Python package from the web" >
I agree with this too. On a related matter (discussed in this thread and another one), I would not object if we dropped the distribution of R, except maybe for cocalc.com, but supporting the interface with the system R. As a data point: in my dept lots of people use R and lots use SageMath but none use the R in SageMath. > Best wishes, > > Eric. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-devel" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
