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Re: polarssl vs mbedtls



Filip Hajny <filip%joyent.com@localhost> writes:

> PolarSSL was rebranded as “mbed TLS” earlier this year [1], however it
> keeps versioning and API, and provides lib/libpolarssl as symlinks for
> compatibility.
>
> I have this prepared as security/mbedtls and verified with
> net/powerdns, the only dependent package in the main tree, but just
> noticed that ports keeps this as security/polarssl13, so thought I’d
> ask for a second opinion. My feeling is to use the new name and drop
> security/polarssl.

Given that upstream has changed the name and there aren't a lot of
dependencies, I'm inclined to agree with using the new name and dropping
the old package, and if so definitely to get this done before the
freeze.

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