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Re: Bug#543150: ITP: pdkim -- cryptographically identify the sender of email



On måndagen den 24 augusti 2009, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> On 2009-08-23 Magnus Holmgren <holmgren@debian.org> wrote:
> > On lördagen den 22 augusti 2009, Aaron M. Ucko wrote:
> >> Magnus Holmgren <holmgren@debian.org> writes:
> >>>     * Self-contained, no dependencies (except libc), thanks to code
> >>> included from the PolarSSL project.
> >>
> >> From a Debian perspective, that's a policy violation, not a feature!
> >>
> >> Please arrange for it to use an external PolarSSL installation.
> >
> > I know and agree and will talk to Tom about this. PolarSSL currently only
> > provides a static library however, which is also not good.
>
> I am somehow also not happy with a situation where any given exim
> installation would end linked dynamically (indirectly) against at least
> two full blown ssl libraries (OpenSSL or GnuTLS for STARTTLS, polarssl
> for DKIM).
>
> On a sidenote, is the cause for this ITP just exim or is general
> interest in this library?

Primarily for Exim. Also because I already maintain a couple of DKIM-related 
packages. Did you want it?

-- 
Magnus Holmgren        holmgren@debian.org
Debian Developer 

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