Re: Practical impediment to supporting multiple SSL libraries

From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Practical impediment to supporting multiple SSL libraries
Date: 2006-04-12 16:15:09
Message-ID: 20060412161509.GE22456@svana.org
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On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 05:03:32PM +0100, Dave Page wrote:

<about the declaration of PQgetssl>
> The next version of psqlODBC (that has just gone into CVS tip after
> months of work and debate) uses it, and would break almost completely
> should it be removed, therefore any backwards incompatible change should
> be avoided imho. And 2 or 4 could cause chaos for Windows users if
> different DLL builds get mixed up.

Hmm, may I ask what it uses it for? Just to get information, or
something more substantial?

Thanks in advance,
--
Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a
> tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone
> else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.

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