[Cryptography-dev] Criteria for first release?

[Jean-Paul Calderone]

On 10/24/2013 11:27 AM, Alex Gaynor wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> We're at an exciting point where it's actually possible to do stuff
> with cryptography. You know what that means... time to start thinking
> about a release! I'd like us to make a list of the stuff we think
> should be in our first release. Here's my list:
>
> * Figure out our packaging / bundling story with OpenSSL
> * Finish binding OpenSSL to the point where JP can use it for PyOpenSSL
> * The last two block ciphers that conch would need (CAST and Blowfish)
> * Finalizing the iterator APIs for BlockCipher
> * Padding APIs
>
> Here's stuff I'm not sure about:
> * Everything that conch needs (this means figuring out the API for
> RSA/DSA)
This seems like a good target for a future release.

Jean-Paul

> * GCM
> * CommonCrypto backend
>
> What do ya'll think, am I missing anything, do I have to much?
>
> As a heads up: once we're ready to do the release and we've frozen a
> release-candidate I plan to investigate getting it audited.
>
> Alex
>
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