Patch consideration question for crypt in libsasl2

[Roberto C. Sanchez]

Hello,

A patch [0] was proposed a while back on the cyrus-sasl list to allow
crypt in libsasl2.  The original message [1] is also available.  Anyhow,
some time ago, someone filed a bug [2] against the Debian package of
cyrus-sasl2 asking that the patch in [0] be included.  Now, I have
checked and the patch still applies cleanly to version 2.1.22.  However,
I am hesitant to agree that such a change would be good, as I think it
would be a rather significant departure for the Debian package to take
from the upstream source in terms of supporting a different hashing or
encryption mechanism.

I'd like to hear people's opinions on this.  My vote (for the Debian
people) is that if upstream says that they don't want the patch, that we
close the bug and be done with it.

Regards,

-Roberto

[0] http://asg.web.cmu.edu/archive/show.php?mailbox=archive.cyrus-sasl&msg=3352&part=2
[1] http://asg.web.cmu.edu/archive/show.php?mailbox=archive.cyrus-sasl&msg=3352
[2] http://bugs.debian.org/207523

-- 
Roberto C. Sanchez
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