I already proposed this and dropping the "-C" option back in October but
I neglected to follow it up with actually starting the vote.

https://mta.openssl.org/pipermail/openssl-project/2020-October/002366.html
https://mta.openssl.org/pipermail/openssl-project/2020-October/002367.html

I see no reason to delay this further so I will start these votes now.

Matt


On 04/11/2020 03:52, Dr Paul Dale wrote:
> Proposed vote text:
> 
>     Remove the -crypt option from the passwd app.
> 
> 
> The rationale behind this is that this is a very old, long broken
> algorithm and that supporting it is difficult using non-deprecated
> calls.  This is a breaking change and requires OMC approval.
> 
> 
> Pauli
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