Re: SASL related files in gnus/

[Richard Stallman]

[I sent this message a week ago but did not get a response.
Could we get the discussion moving again?]

    > hmac-def.el:;; Author: Shuhei KOBAYASHI <address@hidden>
    > hmac-md5.el:;; Author: Shuhei KOBAYASHI <address@hidden>
    > md4.el:;; Author: Taro Kawagishi <address@hidden>
    > ntlm.el:;; Author: Taro Kawagishi <address@hidden>

    > sasl-cram.el:;; Author: Daiki Ueno <address@hidden>
    > sasl-digest.el:;; Author: Daiki Ueno <address@hidden>
    > sasl.el:;; Author: Daiki Ueno <address@hidden>
    > sasl-ntlm.el:;; Author: Taro Kawagishi <address@hidden>

    I think these files should be moved outside of gnus.  I'm sure that
    they have been mature for years and do not depend on other components
    of Gnus.

Ok let's think about it.
What does each of these packages do?