[Python-Dev] Python 2.6 and 3.0 ...and applink.c?

[Christian Heimes]

Bugbee, Larry wrote:
> Hi Barry,
> 
> A question....  Do you know if OpenSSL's applink.c will be included in
> the Windows builds?  If so, and I hope it is, great!  
> 
> If not, I'd like to encourage its inclusion.  Doing so will permit
> Python to be used with OpenSSL 0.9.8x on Windows platforms without a
> user trying to find somebody with the right compiler to rebuild a Python
> for him/her.  This is needed for M2Crypto, or any other OpenSSL wrapper
> for that matter.  A lot more can be said here, but in the interest of
> brevity... ;-)  

I don't understand how applink is going to help you. The SSL libs are
statically linked into the _ssl extension DLL.

Christian