Re: [GNU Crypto] RFC: merging GNU Crypto and Jessie

[Raif S. Naffah]

On Tuesday 06 December 2005 18:42, Casey Marshall wrote:
> A few of us have been throwing around the idea of merging GNU Crypto
> and Jessie into GNU Classpath, so Classpath will have full support
> for crypto and SSL "out of the box." We've proposed this before, and
> I think this idea was mostly approved by the group, but no-one ever
> got around to doing it.
>
> I'd like to propose again that we do this. I'll try to get to this
> myself, but if I can't get this done, we'll at least have a plan of
> action. I propose that we
>
>    - Rename the root package 'gnu.crypto' to 'gnu.javax.crypto' in
> GNU Crypto, and merge the current CVS sources into Classpath (not
> under external/). We then put GNU Crypto into a kind of "stasis"
> mode, and continue to develop these sources in Classpath.

may i suggest the following alternative:

* tag the CVS with "2.2.0".
* release (a final) GNU Crypto 2.2.0.
* start moving gnu.crypto.* to Classpath
* test Classpath with new crypto classes.
* after Classpath 0.20 (or even may be 0.21) retire GNU Crypto.


>    - Rename the root package 'org.metastatic.jessie' to
> 'gnu.javax.net.ssl' in Jessie, and merge the current sources. Then,
> I'll stop developing that branch on its own.
>
> We can then also merge other parts of GNU Crypto to projects where
> they make sense; its testsuite can go into Mauve (it was written to
> use (a possibly old version of) Mauve's own test harness classes),
> and the various tools can go into cp-tools.
>
> I think most Classpath hackers think this is a good idea; I'm sending
> this mail out to the individual project lists to see if there are any
> objections from users of either package. To be clear, GNU Crypto
> won't go away, while Jessie will. GNU Crypto MAY continue to be
> developed, but not by me (and if history is a precedent, then neither
> by anyone else).
>
> If I'm not able to put this patch together, I will answer anyone's
> questions about how to proceed, if we get a volunteer.
>
> Thanks.


cheers;
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