I'm not sure that you can use LibreSSL as an example of something that is a "genuinely better way to do things", given that it's an essentially brand new projec

I'm not sure that you can use LibreSSL as an example of something that is a "genuinely better way to do things", given that it's an essentially brand new project. There are reasons to believe it's a better way to do things, but we won't know how well it performs until there's time for people to start trying to exploit it.