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Re: Update minimum SSL version

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

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From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2019-12-04T08:20:49Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Wed, Dec 04, 2019 at 09:10:04AM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> This would mean we'd stop support for RHEL 5, which is probably OK, seeing
> that even the super-extended support ends in November 2020.

Sounds like a plan.  I can work on the OpenSSL part, if you need help
of course.  And if others don't object in doing that.  Of course.

> Dropping RHEL 5 would also allow us to drop support for Python 2.4, which is
> something I've been itching to do. ;-)
> 
> In both of these cases, maintaining support for all these ancient versions
> is a significant burden IMO, so it would be good to clean up the tail end a
> bit.

Good to know.
--
Michael

Commits

  1. Fix handling of OpenSSL's SSL_clear_options

  2. Remove configure check for OpenSSL's SSL_get_current_compression()

  3. Update minimum SSL version