Re: [RFC] Replace glibc's libcrypt with libxcrypt for Fedora 29/30

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On Wed, 2017-11-08 at 18:08 +0100, Björn 'besser82' Esser wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> since there has been some discussion in the last time about removing
> libcrypt from glibc in some time [1,2,3,4] and splitting it out into
> a
> separate project which can evolve quicker, I'd like to hear your
> oppinion about replacing glibc's libcrypt with libxcrypt [5] for
> Fedora
> 29 (or 30).

A bit late, but thank you for driving that effort! It was time to move
to a better crypt lib.

> Anyways, before this can happen, there is still some work to be done
> with libxcrypt, like adding a FIPS mode or FIPS compliance in a
> different way.

I agree with Florian's comment on that.

regards,
Nikos
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