Hi Jyri, On 15 Apr 2009, at 09:00, Jyri Virkki wrote:
> Martin MC Brown wrote: >> >>> I'm back to being confused. So use of the SSL connection >>> capability is >>> only going to be supported for running the bundled tests?! I thought >>> it >>> was going be supported for "real" (non-testing) use. Why not? >> >> >> It is and will be enabled for real, non-testing, use, but that isn't >> what this ARC is about. >> >> But the original purpose of the ARC is: >> >> Enable OpenSSL support to run the MySQL testsuite in secured SSL >> connection. > > That's ok if that's how you want to partition it.. but why split the > support delivery like that though? > > Will there be another case soon adding SSL support for non-testing > use? > > Is there any implementation difference between this case and the > next one? > > If you initially plan on delivering SSL support only for testing, what > will prevent users from using it for non-testing uses? How will user > know that they're doing something unsupported? Yep, sorry, this is related to the original confusion over why SSL certs are provided in the test package (Which they have to be to support the tests). Another ARC should be along shortly which describes both sides of the process (enabling MySQL/SSL and supporting the MySQL testsuite running SSL). This should (I hope) remove the confusion. MC -- Martin 'MC' Brown, mc at mcslp.com and mc.brown at sun.com Technical Writer, Database Group, Sun Microsystems Everything MCslp: http://planet.mcslp.com
