Guido van Rossum wrote:
I'd hate to see sha removed from the standard distro.
Me too; I don't see sha or md5 as crypto. I'm only against adding new *crypto* capability.
Hash algorithms are usually not regulated as crypto code -- even though they can be used for such purposes; see e.g. shaffing and winnowing: http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~rivest/chaffing.txt
I'm also for isolating existing crypto capability so it's easy to remove for anyone who has a need for a crypto-free distribution. I think we're already doing that, given that even on Windows, the SSL module is a separate DLL.
We could wrap up the following set: a.installer with crypto code + notice that downloading and using this version is illegal in some countries and that the downloading and/or reexporting the installer to certain countries is not legal b.installer without crypto c.crypto package as distutils installer with the same notice as for the combined package Or we just do b and c and leave a to companies like ActiveState. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Software directly from the Source (#1, Apr 28 2003)
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