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  OpenSSL considering drop of OS/2 related code xhajt03 <xhajt03@gmail.com> - 2014-08-20 08:59 -0700
    Re: OpenSSL considering drop of OS/2 related code "A.D. Fundum" <what.ever@neverm.ind> - 2014-08-22 15:29 +0200
      Re: OpenSSL considering drop of OS/2 related code xhajt03 <xhajt03@gmail.com> - 2014-08-22 10:15 -0700
    Re: OpenSSL considering drop of OS/2 related code "A.D. Fundum" <what.ever@neverm.ind> - 2014-08-22 15:33 +0200
      Re: OpenSSL considering drop of OS/2 related code xhajt03 <xhajt03@gmail.com> - 2014-08-22 10:18 -0700
    Re: OpenSSL considering drop of OS/2 related code Peter Brown <losepeteSPAM-ME-NOT@ntlworld.com> - 2014-08-24 19:17 +0100
      Re: OpenSSL considering drop of OS/2 related code "A.D. Fundum" <what.ever@neverm.ind> - 2014-08-25 11:34 +0200

#1423 — OpenSSL considering drop of OS/2 related code

Hi *,

I came across a forwarded message from an OpenSSL mailing list where they suggest to drop OS/2 support code from their repository (see e.g. http://www.mail-archive.com/openssl-users@openssl.org/msg74751.html).

I wanted to contact the person who has been providing OpenSSL builds for OS/2 (EMX and OS2KNIX) recently (http://bauxite.sakura.ne.jp/software/os2/#openssl) to check if he couldn't become an official support person for OpenSSL (I expect that having such a person is the most likely requirement of OpenSSL for not dropping this code).

Unfortunately, just finding a working contact to this person doesn't seem to be very easy for someone not understanding a single Japanese character (e.g. the readme document of the OpenSSL port doesn't include any contact information, the e-mail address found on http://bauxite.sakure.ne.jp does not seem to exist, etc.; there may be a detailed Japanese description on how to contact him on one of his pages, but that wouldn't really help me). I've tried another address deduced from one of the linked pages (an address starting with 'lpproj'), but I have no clue if that one might be valid / used or not because my path to that address was anything but straightforward.

Since I consider the topic to be important (the decision is most likely to be done soon), I wanted to ask also here if:

1) Someone has a working contact to this person and is willing to share it with me (probably privately to avoid it being visible to all spammers around the world).

2) Someone can confirm that the lpproj address is the right one.

3) The person follows this group directly. ;-)

4) There is someone else willing and able to be in charge for the OS/2 support in OpenSSL in the future (or at least able to convince the OpenSSL people to change their mind ;-) ).

Thanks

Tomas

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#1424

 > I came across a forwarded message from an OpenSSL mailing
 > list where they suggest to drop OS/2 support code from their
 > repository

Apparently there's no official port nor porter. Quoting your source:

 >> OpenSSL "experimental" toolkit for os2-emx (another port)
 >> Officially port? : 0.9.7a on Hobbes (openssl-0.9.7a-os2-bin.zip)

So this package may be "experimental" and an unofficial port.

In general it'll help to make such efforts known, so people can keep 
you in mind, even if it's not your intention to become an official 
porter.


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#1426

Dne pátek, 22. srpna 2014 15:29:44 UTC+2 A.D. Fundum napsal(a):
> > I came across a forwarded message from an OpenSSL mailing
> > list where they suggest to drop OS/2 support code from their
> > repository
> 
> Apparently there's no official port nor porter. Quoting your source:
> 
> 
>  >> OpenSSL "experimental" toolkit for os2-emx (another port)
>  >> Officially port? : 0.9.7a on Hobbes (openssl-0.9.7a-os2-bin.zip)
> 
> So this package may be "experimental" and an unofficial port.

Thanks for your response. I'm well aware that the latest port isn't "official". Nevertheless, someone took the effort to make the current version compilable and working under OS/2. I just tried to find a working contact to that person or find someone else who could continue from that point.


> In general it'll help to make such efforts known, so people can keep 
> you in mind, even if it's not your intention to become an official 
> porter.

Well, no, I don't that think this would be enough. :-(

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#1425

 > I wanted to contact the person who has been providing OpenSSL
 > builds for OS/2 (EMX and OS2KNIX) recently

Reverse the problem, being an user, and tell the OpenSSL team that 
there still is an OS/2 version, albeit it's not an official port from 
a dedicated developer? They can contact the author as well, to support
the furthering of their product, and it's quite likely that a member 
of their team understands the Japanese language.


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#1427

Dne pátek, 22. srpna 2014 15:33:54 UTC+2 A.D. Fundum napsal(a):
> > I wanted to contact the person who has been providing OpenSSL
> > builds for OS/2 (EMX and OS2KNIX) recently
> 
> Reverse the problem, being an user, and tell the OpenSSL team that 
> there still is an OS/2 version, albeit it's not an official port from 
> a dedicated developer? They can contact the author as well, to support
> the furthering of their product, and it's quite likely that a member 
> of their team understands the Japanese language.

That's trying to push the problem to others. In my experience at least, this doesn't work. It's as simple as that - they don't have motivation for investing effort in something bringing them no benefits. Either we as the OS/2 community do, or noone else does it for us.

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#1428

Hi

xhajt03 wrote:
> Hi *,
>
> I came across a forwarded message from an OpenSSL mailing list where they suggest to drop OS/2 support code from their repository (see e.g. http://www.mail-archive.com/openssl-users@openssl.org/msg74751.html).
>
> I wanted to contact the person who has been providing OpenSSL builds for OS/2 (EMX and OS2KNIX) recently (http://bauxite.sakura.ne.jp/software/os2/#openssl) to check if he couldn't become an official support person for OpenSSL (I expect that having such a person is the most likely requirement of OpenSSL for not dropping this code).
>
> Unfortunately, just finding a working contact to this person doesn't seem to be very easy for someone not understanding a single Japanese character (e.g. the readme document of the OpenSSL port doesn't include any contact information, the e-mail address found on http://bauxite.sakure.ne.jp does not seem to exist, etc.; there may be a detailed Japanese description on how to contact him on one of his pages, but that wouldn't really help me). I've tried another address deduced from one of the linked pages (an address starting with 'lpproj'), but I have no clue if that one might be valid / used or not because my path to that address was anything but straightforward.
>
> Since I consider the topic to be important (the decision is most likely to be done soon), I wanted to ask also here if:
>
> 1) Someone has a working contact to this person and is willing to share it with me (probably privately to avoid it being visible to all spammers around the world).
>
> 2) Someone can confirm that the lpproj address is the right one.
>
> 3) The person follows this group directly. ;-)
>
> 4) There is someone else willing and able to be in charge for the OS/2 support in OpenSSL in the future (or at least able to convince the OpenSSL people to change their mind ;-) ).
>
> Thanks
>
> Tomas


The people providing the yum/rpm stuff and ported *nix apps may be 
involved in openssl as they provide a version see 
http://rpm.netlabs.org/release/00/zip/openssl-1_0_0a-5_oc00.zip

Out of interest I sent a message asking Rich Salz if they would 
reconsider dropping os/2 code. His response:-

"It's probably good for at least another year   :-) "


Maybe by then there will be an "official" os/2 porter and the decision 
could get reviewed.


Regards

Pete

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#1429

 > The people providing the yum/rpm stuff and ported *nix apps
 > may be involved in openssl as they provide a version see 
 > http://rpm.netlabs.org/release/00/zip/openssl-1_0_0a-5_oc00.zip

Now we can refer to the most recent message in comp.os.os2.announce, 
subject "Net: bww Newsletter".


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