[Python-Dev] Looking for volunteers to test Tulip on Windows

[Nick Coghlan]

On 19 October 2013 22:44, Christian Heimes <christian at python.org> wrote:
> Am 19.10.2013 00:56, schrieb Guido van Rossum:
> A couple of months I had a long and fruitful discussion with MAL about
> the issue. Egenix PyOpenSSL installer comes with a root CA bundle. He
> tried a couple of approaches to handle trust settings with OpenSSL
> means. Eventually MAL had to split up the bundle into multiple files for
> each purpuse, see
> http://www.egenix.com/company/news/eGenix-pyOpenSSL-Distribution-0.13.2.1.0.1.5.html
>
> We should *really* write a PEP about it, specify all details and get a
> proper review from real experts. This stuff is super complex and highly
> fragile. :(

At the very least, it would be good if you and/or MAL could review the
cert verification in pip. PEP 453 makes that kinda important :)

Cheers,
Nick.

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