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I was a bit surprise Linux did not move to LibreSSL when it became stable. IIRC, there was a Linux distro using LibreSSL, but a year or 2 ago the went back to

by jmclnx 3y ago

I was a bit surprise Linux did not move to LibreSSL when it became stable. IIRC, there was a Linux distro using LibreSSL, but a year or 2 ago the went back to OpenSSL for some reason which I did not fully understand.

konimex 3y ago
> but a year or 2 ago the went back to OpenSSL for some reason which I did not fully understand. That would be Void Linux [1]. One of the reasons iirc, is PEP 644 [2], in which CPython drops support for LibreSSL due to it not being fully compatible with OpenSSL 1.1.1 APIs. [1] https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/20935 https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/20935 [2] https://peps.python.org/pep-0644 https://peps.python.org/pep-0644
throw_a_grenade 3y ago
That was either Void Linux (see sibling comment) or Alpine Linux. You might also have read Gentoo Linux announcement (https://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2021-01-05-libressl-support-discontinued.html https://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2021-01-05-libress... ); technically doesn't fit your description since Gentoo never "switched" or "went back", but rather supported them simultaneously, and just pulled support for LibreSSL at some point.