Re: STARTTLS connection with built-in GnuTLS on IMAP/NNTP/POP folders

Kazuhiro Ito <[email protected]> Tue, 03 Apr 2018 08:22:55 +0900
Newsgroups gmane.mail.wanderlust.general
Message-ID <86370dtcq8.wl--xmue__31522.6766899743$1522711320$gmane$org@d1.dion.ne.jp>
> > I've committed the change which makes Wanderlust to use built-in GnuTLS
> > library for STARTTLS connection on IMAP/NNTP/POP folders.  But I've
> > tested only NNTP folder.  If there is any problem, let me know.
> > 
> > If you need the previous behavior, please adjust
> > elmo-network-stream-type-alist's value.
> 
> Is there a real technical basis to prefer gnutls over starttls or is
> this mainly driven by licensing preferences? 

About this change, it makes Wanderlust not to depend on external
programs such as gnutls-cli nor starttls.  On the current Emacs's
implementation, STARTTLS connection with external programs needs
signal handling which is impossible on MS-Windows.  Using built-in
GnuTLS library resolves this problem.  Is there any licensing problem?

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Kazuhiro Ito