On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 03:45:13PM +0100, Martin Nilsson (saturator) @ Pike (-) developers forum wrote:
Because we would like something small, fast and bugfree.
Well, I am not objecting the existence of Netlle, but I wonder why it is not included in Pike source distribution (if it is small) :)
is the most common product". You don't chose Pike because it is common.
I chose it because it is unique. But if I need a lot of prerequisites to build it (to use _basic_ functionality - and crypto stuff _is_ basic) - it makes me uncomfortable, and I've to manually bundle everything that is needed for distribution and use.
It was discussed several times, but I still don't understand why packages like Nettle (which provide fundamentals) are "external" (i.e. must be installed separately), while a lot of unneeded (and uncommon) stuff (like DVB) is included in distribution...
BTW, Ssleay (old) stuff is included, but I doubt that anyone uses it... or ever used :)
Regards, /Al