Subject: Re: bug#14380: 24.3; `network-stream-open-tls' fails in some imap servers on w32

From: Ted Zlatanov <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 09:56:27 -0400

On Sun, 19 May 2013 18:32:37 +0300 Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> wrote: 

>> My proposal would be to push out the next Emacs bundled with the latest
>> GnuTLS DLLs, only support GnuTLS, provide users with instructions on
>> updating them, and treat GnuTLS vulnerabilities as Emacs
>> vulnerabilities.  This is not ideal but IMO better than the current
>> situation.

EZ> I see no problems with the current situation.  Installing precompiled
EZ> GnuTLS from a zip file is a snap.

That's only a small part of the risk and responsibility we're shifting
onto the Emacs users.

Ted