[Bug 252420] 'caching_sha2_password' support missing in PHP port, limits MySQL 8 compatibility

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--- Comment #14 from Torsten Zuehlsdorff <tz at freebsd.org> ---
Relying on base OpenSSL will break:
* All system with LibreSSL and other SSL Implementations (there are quite a
lot)
* Will break PHP when the required OpenSSL version is newer than the one from
base (which happens already multiple times)
* Will break when user prefer to use OpenSSL from ports instead from base
[I already tried this with 7.4 and it flooded my mailbox with complaints :D]

Making this a default will also increase system-requirements and import a new
security vector (aka more issues).

While PHP+MySQL is a very common combination it's not the only one. There are
so many setups that use other databases or none at all. I for example haven't
installed MySQL for more than 10 years and work with big databases on a daily
routine.

So it's not a simple "just add the dependency and move on". And because of the
complex and different usage scenarios, the comparison to many other ports does
not work out.

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