On 31.08.2016 14:02, Nick Coghlan wrote: > On 31 August 2016 at 20:20, M.-A. Lemburg <m...@egenix.com> wrote: >> ... which would then mean: Python's compatibility roadmap will >> be dictated by OpenSSL. >> >> I won't buy into that, sorry. Crypto is a helper in certain >> situations, it's not what Python is all about. We should not >> let OpenSSL dictate how and when we deprecate platforms or >> OS versions. > > It won't dictate general support for those platforms, it will dictate > support for the *ssl module* on those platforms. If someone isn't > making secure network connections from Python, things will work fine. > If a redistributor is stepping in to provide the assertion that the > network connection is secure despite our upstream misgivings, things > will work fine. > > Connections will only fail in cases where neither we nor a > redistributor are prepared to make the assertion that a requested > secure network connection will actually be secure.
Yes, you can view it that way. Your car works, but access to fuel is severely limited ;-) The way things are developing around Python, if pip doesn't work, your Python installation cannot be considered working. Hmm, perhaps pip ought to fallback to curl or wget if there's no ssl module. Or we move away entirely from HTTPS and use properly signed Python packages - ah, nevermind, it's not the first time that have different views than many other core devs. That's fine. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Experts (#1, Aug 31 2016) >>> Python Projects, Coaching and Consulting ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> Python Database Interfaces ... http://products.egenix.com/ >>> Plone/Zope Database Interfaces ... http://zope.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::: We implement business ideas - efficiently in both time and costs ::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ http://www.malemburg.com/ _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
