Dear Thierry, Le lundi 21 novembre 2016 17:09:41 UTC+1, Thierry (sage-googlesucks@xxx) a écrit : > > Hi, > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 03:21:31AM -0800, Emmanuel Charpentier wrote: > > Dear list, > > > > The fact that we can't ship openSSL (see uncountable theads in > sage-devel > > and others) seems to pose more and more difficulties. See for example > this > > thread <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/sage-support/rDV9uGT2ViM> > > > on sage-support, and especially Dima's answer > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sage-support/rDV9uGT2ViM/GuKDbhSKAwAJ>, > as > > well as this annoying ticket <https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/21767>, > > discussed in this saga > > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/sage-devel/QaBdHSNJuKg> . > > > Note that Dima's answer is somehow misleading, since downloading openssl > from the Sage mirrors does not require SSL. > > Hence the following is still possible, without having openssl-dev as a > system prerequisite: > > - check that openssl-dev (or equivalent) is installed system-wide > - if not: > - warn the user and suggest/recommend her to install it > - as an alternative, propose to download and install openssl from the > Sage mirrors via http >
I am not sure we can (pseudo-)legally do that. Advices ? > - build Sage > > Ciao, > Thierry > > > > > Could'nt we add OpenSSL as a prerequisite to Sage, and it"s development > > files as a prerequisite to building Sage ? This would require of the > user > > to install OpenSSL systemwide, thus making it "system software" and > > satisfying the strange licensing requirements that bother us. > > > > One could even do that indirectly, by requiring a systemwide libcurl > > supporting https : this would de facto enforce the systemwide > installation > > of OpenSSL (or a reasonable facsimile). That's what I was trying to do > in this > > proposal <https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/21767#comment:41>... (IIRC, > the > > problem with libcurl is also bound to OpenSSL : libcurl itself is not a > > problem. But I'll have to check : if this is true, we can require > OpenSSL > > and ship libcurl which will then compile cleanly). > > > > Comments ? Especially wrt Macs, which seem to be further encumbered by > > Apple's dirty tricks... > > > > Should we have a vote ? > > > > -- > > Emmanuel Charpentier > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "sage-devel" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to sage-devel+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to sage-...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
