Re: Using gnutls.c by default

[Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>]

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> On Thu, 5 May 2011 13:57:48 +0200 Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> wrote: 
>
> JB> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 13:50, Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> It would be better to wait a week or two until there has been some
>>> feedback about use of GnuTLS on Win32.
>
> JB> We're talking about the trunk. Supporting GnuTLS by default is what
> JB> will give us feedback, at least on Windows, where (much) fewer people
> JB> is expected to build their own Emacs.
>
> So far it's 5 to 1 votes in favor; I think it's badly needed on W32
> where there are serious problems with the alternatives to GnuTLS.
>
> Note that the user still has to (require 'gnutls) to use it.  We're just
> adding the library support to Emacs.  Without (require 'gnutls)
> `open-network-stream' won't use `gnutls-negotiate'.

Oh, I thought Lars was proposing to go further than that, and always use
GnuTLS if available. Makes no difference to my opinion, GnuTLS works for
me :)

Robert