Am 15.10.2014 um 20:04 schrieb Luigi Rosa:
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Viktor Dukhovni wrote on 15/10/2014 19:58:
This might break support for older versions of Outlook/Outlook Express
(Windows XP?).
That leads to another issue, probably a bit offtopic: is better a good
backward compatibility or a good security?
I know that the best answer is "it depends on who your clients are", but if we
draw a line on the backward compatibility probably we gain on stability and
security.
I read the details of LibreSSL project and the spaghetti-code story of OpenSSL.
In essence: is the price we are paying for backward compatibility becoming a
bit too high?
in case of security it is way too high for a long time
the problem is that way too much developers out there are unwilling to
draw a line between core functions / security and other changes
affecting the user expirience and postfix is *the* software project
which proves over many years that you don't need to break anything left
and right by improve background technology - sadly most developers tend
to change anything because they can and force users to accept all sort
of unrelated changes to become state of art tech or just stay outdated
at all
