[Python-3000] Solaris support in 3.0? (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Wed Sep 5 17:54:39 CEST 2007

Every OS I use has openssl installed so i figured someone else had made the same decision and removed the non-openssl variants. Are there really non-linux/bsd/osx installations out there where anyone intends to build and install python that do -not- have openssl installed somewhere?

Most certainly. Commercial Unix vendors have been very hesitant to include open source software in any form, as they are worried about having to maintain it without having control over it. Sun started recently, but I'm not sure whether you could get a Sun-packaged OpenSSL with Solaris 8 (say). I would expect it's worse for AIX and HP-UX, although IBM's recent open-source strategy may have made life easier for AIX users.

We should not limit ourselves to only md5 if we do that, lets guarantee that md5, sha1 - sha512 are available on all future python installs; its not difficult. I'll do the work if we need it.

Ok - start with the buildbots. It's easy to see whether it works; if it doesn't, you can probably get accounts on the machines to see whether OpenSSL is included, or some guideline from people familiar with the systems.

Regards, Martin

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