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From: Peter Stuge <peter@×××××.se>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Discontinuing LibreSSL support?
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2020 00:12:35
Message-Id: 20201230001229.10806.qmail@stuge.se
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Discontinuing LibreSSL support? by "Michał Górny"
1 We could clearly discuss forever, but since you refuse to engage with
2 my constructive proposition and my ask for feedback there's no point,
3 is there? It's super sad that you behave like that in Gentoo.
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6 Michał Górny wrote:
7 > Choice for the sake of choice is meaningless.
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9 Far from it.
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12 > So far nobody has been able to find a strong argument for choosing
13 > LibreSSL. There are strong arguments for using OpenSSL instead.
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15 That's like your opinion, man. :)
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18 > Maybe LibreSSL had promised a better taste in the beginning but today
19 > 9 out of 10 consumers say OpenSSL tastes much better.
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21 It's usually harmful to optimize for popularity; smoking isn't a good
22 idea even if everyone in school does it.
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25 > The only difference is that you don't have to pay
26 > for it (but we do!), so you think that it's free.
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28 Please stop playing the victim and engage with my proposal instead.
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30 I'd appreciate feedback from everyone.
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33 Thanks a lot
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35 //Peter