[Pkg-rust-maintainers] Bug#1091201: sqv: Consider building with OpenSSL

[Holger Levsen]

On Thu, Apr 17, 2025 at 02:20:09PM +0200, Bastian Germann wrote:
> This is a very reasonable request 

you'd think so, yet it was a reasonable choice to choose nettle over
openssl.

> and I strongly support it to be
> implemented for trixie. Having two libraries less in the base system is
> a welcome improvement. Uploaders, would you be okay with this being
> implemented?

no.

certainly not now, as the trixie freeze has started. also please don't
just change the crypto library just because, similarily like you also
would not switch everything else to nettle, which would also mean one
library less.

we'll provide some longer explaination eventually.


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	Holger

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