On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 5:21 PM, Emmanuel Charpentier <emanuel.charpent...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Le mercredi 18 octobre 2017 20:36:47 UTC+2, Jeroen Demeyer a écrit : >> >> On 2017-10-18 19:02, Emmanuel Charpentier wrote: >> > This option commits us to maintain (unnecessary and dangerous, IMHO) >> > Sage-specifc SSL patches at least in R, Python and pip >> >> Really? Which Sage-specific SSL patches does this require in Python and >> pip? * > > > From the Python license page : > > The modules hashlib, posix, ssl, crypt use the OpenSSL library for added > performance if made available by the operating system. Additionally, the > Windows and Mac OS X installers for Python may include a copy of the OpenSSL > libraries, so we include a copy of the OpenSSL license here:
All of this is talking about optional functionality--either modules that are completely optional, or functionality within some modules that are optional. Python works just fine without SSL support. >> It seems to me that R is the only package causing us so much trouble >> with SSL. > > > No : *I* cause "so much trouble" with SSL issues because they become > important to R real-world usage, and I do not think that a non-communicating > R is useful in Sage. Python/pip SSL usage do not cause "so much trouble" > with SSL issues because the potential users of SSL functionalities are more > patient than I am... Ditto William on thanking you for causing this "trouble". I know this is a battle you've been fighting a long time and I really hope we can come to a resolution soon. In pointing out that SSL is not an issue where Python is concerned I hope it alleviates some of your concerns. Hopefully we can browbeat R into making the same acceptance (at least insofar as allowing offline package installs). -- 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.
