On 2-4-2013 5:13, Noah Silva wrote: > Actually I think on OS X and Linux it makes sense to depend on OpenSSL, > but not for the reasons you mentioned so much as one more: Security.
That's probably why the previous poster wrote robust etc. Sounds like security attributes to me. > If > you are using doing encryption, then it's better to use a library that > is updated more often for bug fixes, and to have the updates be applied > to your program automatically. If you static-link it in, it will never > be updated until you update it and ship a new version of your program > and everyone installs it. If you dynamically link to it, then then the > operating system updates it, you get the updates "for free". If you feel so strongly about it, why not submit a patch that uses OpenSSL on platforms that are sure to have it and use Silvio's native code for others? _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
