avoiding base openssl when building ports

[Walt Ford]

On Tue, Jun 02, 2015 at 12:44:46AM +0800, Julian Elischer wrote:
> I'd like to take a bunch of libraries out of base, But That is not the 
> same as making them "ports".
> I've said before that I thik we need something half way between. using 
> the ports/pkg mechanism,

You could just call them supported ports.  Supported means what
currently happens with 3rd party code in base, and unsupported is what
software in ports currently is.

But, seems like there still would be an issue with compatibility and a
stable API or ABI.  If the current restrictions are going away, then you
might as well just make them ports.  If they're staying, you'll end up with
an outdated supported port being maintained separately from the current
unsupported port, just like now essentially.

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