On 3 June 2013 22:46, Donald Stufft <donald@stufft.io> wrote:
Also, we should consider the issue for application users. Suppose I'm using a Python application that downloads something from the web. I upgrade to 3.4, and the app stops working because of a "will cease to work" case. As an end user, how can I get the app working again? Having to patch the sources isn't an option, and reverting to 3.3 provokes the reaction "Python broke my app".
Supply a SSL vert using the environment variable?
Hmm, that would be acceptable, I guess, for many users (although Windows users are somewhat more environment-variable-averse than Unix users). But you say that as if it's obvious how to do that (or where to get a cert). It's certainly not obvious to me, and if "it works in Internet Explorer", I'd have no idea where to get a cert from that I could use in an environment variable. Just to repeat - I agree with the principle, but in many environments, users are pretty much clueless about security and actively object to being educated "for their own safety". These users will disable all security quite happily if it stops the internal app failing, and will blame Python for "making things harder" and breaking backward compatibility. On the other hand, I suspect we're talking about an extremely low percentage of cases, so let's not blow the issue out of proportion :-) Paul