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Re:One week of OpenSSL cleanup by lutusp on Sunday April 20, 2014 @01:55PM (#7617739)
> At some point you need to say, "This code is a mess, and pretty much anything we do to it will be an improvement."

In software development it's often the case that the first claim is true, but the second isn't.

> Frankly I wouldn't trust fixes to the old version anyway, given its state.

It will be interesting to see if this get organized and properly funded, given this library's importance to international commerce.

> Frankly I wouldn't trust fixes to the old version anyway, given its state.

Clean slate! An admirable goal, and clearly the best solution. Let's see if this actually happens.

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