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Bug#1013132: ITP: BabaSSL -- BabaSSL is a base library for modern cryptography and communication security protocols.



Hello Aron,

Thank you for your email.

> AFAIK this library is forked from OpenSSL with some extensive
> modifications to support new crypto technologies, do you think we need
> to involve the Security Team to review whether this package can be
> supported during the next stable release cycle?
> Also this project has a planned rename, and I'm a bit concerned this
> could cause some maintenance burden if the rename is not well
> coordinated at the time we accept it into Debian.

I think any reviews and oversight are a good thing. In making this ITP, I figured it would cause discussion as it's a "drop-in" replacement for OpenSSL and the libraries have the same name. I wasn't sure if this was directly permitted so the ITP is a good place to have the discussion.

The rename would help the name conflict issue, but you're also right about maintenance/path forward becoming more difficult. I welcome your input or guidance on how to proceed.

Lance Lin <lqi254@protonmail.com>
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