[Python-Dev] Supported versions of OpenSSL (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Wed Aug 31 08:02:54 EDT 2016

On 31 August 2016 at 20:20, M.-A. Lemburg <mal at 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.

Cheers, Nick.

-- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan at gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia

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