Bug#754513: ITP: libressl -- SSL library, forked from OpenSSL

[Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>]

On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 12:06:27AM +0200, Toni Mueller wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Toni Mueller <toni@debian.org>
> 
> * Package name    : libressl
>   Version         : 2.0.0
>   Upstream Author : The OpenBSD project, the OpenSSL project et al.
> * URL             : http://www.libressl.org/
> * License         : BSD, OpenSSL, SSLeay, Public Domain.
>   Programming Lang: C
>   Description     : SSL library, forked from OpenSSL
> 
> 
> LibreSSL strives to maintain API compatibility with OpenSSL, but
> do away with all the cruft.
> 
> After a long series of OpenSSL problems, recently highlighted by
> the infamous Heartbleed bug, a group inside OpenBSD decided to
> fork OpenSSL and adapt the code to modern coding standards.
> Along the way, a lot of compatibility with older architectures
> and toolchains was discarded.

I assume that since it's named libressl that the soname will
contain "libressl.so"?  What about the crypto library?
librecrypto.so?

What are you doing with the binaries, include files, man pages,
...?  Will they conflict with the ones from openssl?

If you're interested in maintaining such a package, why did you
never respond to the RFH for openssl?


Kurt