Re: nettle 4.0 compatibility

Simon Josefsson <[email protected]> writes:

> Daiki Ueno <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> On a slightly related note, we might also want to plan a new major
>> release (3.9 or 4.0) with backward incompatible changes, such as default
>> cipher selections.
>
> What kind of backward incompatible API/ABI change are you thinking of?

I meant more about backward incompatible "behavior" changes, such as:
https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/issues/1761
https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/issues/1772

> I think doing backwards incompatible changes that affect running code
> out there is often just a bad idea, so IMHO it would be nice to
> enumerate the API/ABI changes for consideration, and then run reverse
> builds of Debian/Fedora packages using GnuTLS to see what breaks.

I agree.  Even if we disable some already deprecated functionality, such
as SRP, we will likely keep the API/ABI (but may turn it no-op).

Regards,
-- 
Daiki Ueno