Re: git: 9a36ff5299c8 - main - ftp/lftp: Fix build with libressl >= 2.7.0

On Thu, Oct 06, 2022 at 10:04:23PM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote:
> ...
> (I just don't understand the benefit of supporting LibreSSL in the
> framework at all. There have been a few months where LibreSSL was
> "better" than OpenSSL)

+1 (and those with better crystal ball had foreseen this shortly after
LibreSSL was conceived).

When Heartbleed shocked the world, there was a lot of hysteria^Wconcerns
that OpenSSL is poorly written and even worse maintained, understaffed and
underfunded.  Since then they've fixed both the code and the processes,
and nowadays LibreSSL does little good but distracts developers' precious
resources.  While there are some (mostly legacy) software that does benefit
from LibreSSL because it still provides some API that had been removed in
contemporary OpenSSL versions, I'd rather see those programs fixed and
LibreSSL buried, to much rejoice.

./danfe