[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #1383: foolscap 0.6.1 has no such extra feature 'secure_connections'

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#1383: foolscap 0.6.1 has no such extra feature  'secure_connections'
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     Reporter:  zooko      |       Owner:  warner                       
         Type:  defect     |      Status:  new                          
     Priority:  major      |   Milestone:  undecided                    
    Component:  packaging  |     Version:  1.8.2                        
   Resolution:             |    Keywords:  setuptools foolscap pyOpenSSL
Launchpad Bug:             |  
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Comment (by zooko):

 I remember that foolscap had a user or else a potential user who wanted to
 use it with insecure connections. I also remember that foolscap has only
 ever had two projects that depended on it: Tahoe-LAFS and ipython. I heard
 the unsubstantiated rumor and that ipython has subsequently stopped using
 foolscap and replaced it with ZeroMQ. (Although those are two different
 classes of tool, but whatever.)

 So, if ipython was the one user who wanted insecure connections, then
 perhaps nobody would mind if foolscap gained a hard dependency on
 pyOpenSSL.

 Hm, it looks like the current release of ipython depends on foolscap and
 also hard-depends on pyOpenSSL!
 http://ipython.scipy.org/doc/rel-0.10.1/html/install/install.html
 #dependencies-for-ipython-kernel-parallel-computing

 Also note that gaining a hard dependency on pyOpenSSL doesn't preclude
 foolscap from offering its "insecure connections" feature and doesn't
 preclude people from using it.

 So anyway, I would like it if Brian would make pyOpenSSL be a hard
 dependency of foolscap. This would simplify matters as far as dependency
 management goes, and doesn't seem to cause much harm. People who aren't
 using setuptools/easy_install/pip/virtualenv don't even notice whether or
 not foolscap declares pyOpenSSL to be a dependency.

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