On 11/02/2011 10:53 PM, Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote: > --On Wednesday, November 02, 2011 10:40 PM +0100 Rolf Kutz <r...@vzsze.de> > wrote:
>> README.Debian.gz mentions obsolete note about GnuTLS and OpenSSL: >> >> Finally, note that the Debian OpenLDAP packages have been compiled >> against GnuTLS instead of OpenSSL to avoid licensing problems for >> GPL-covered packages that use the LDAP libraries. This is a supported >> configuration, but it's not widely used outside of Debian. >> >> Since 2.2.23-0.pre1 slapd is build against OpenSSL. > > I assume you mean this very last sentence is poorly worded? It is > definitely correct and current that Debian uses GnuTLS rather than > OpenSSL for theoretical licensing issues. Was there any thought on providing two versions of the ldap libraries: one build against OpenSSL and one against GnuTLS (similar to libcurl) which would give people a choice and would not force everyone to the GnuTLS one like today? Cheers Luk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
