[Python-Dev] Supported versions of OpenSSL

[Nick Coghlan]

On 31 August 2016 at 20:20, M.-A. Lemburg <mal at egenix.com> wrote:
> ... which would then mean: Python's compatibility roadmap will
> be dictated by OpenSSL.
>
> I won't buy into that, sorry. Crypto is a helper in certain
> situations, it's not what Python is all about. We should not
> let OpenSSL dictate how and when we deprecate platforms or
> OS versions.

It won't dictate general support for those platforms, it will dictate
support for the *ssl module* on those platforms. If someone isn't
making secure network connections from Python, things will work fine.
If a redistributor is stepping in to provide the assertion that the
network connection is secure despite our upstream misgivings, things
will work fine.

Connections will only fail in cases where neither we nor a
redistributor are prepared to make the assertion that a requested
secure network connection will actually be secure.

Cheers,
Nick.

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