I asked about the possibility to provide binaries under GitHub Releases in #20114 and @t8m provided some clarification but since it is a separate topic I am creating this feature request.
I understand that there are many possible build configurations and that not all of them can be provided but providing for a few major platforms would be nice.
On the other hand, if I am not mistaken this project uses automated builds as part of CI. For this to be useful they probably have to build binaries and run tests for a few platforms if not all of them. If the build process already produces binaries then I see no harm in releasing those.
Provided binaries don't need to come with support and/or warranty — they could have a disclaimer (e.g. "use at your own risk"), and if someone needs different build configuration than a couple of major ones provided, they can still clone and build OpenSSL themselves.
I would really appreciate OpenSSL maintainers' thoughts on this subject.
I asked about the possibility to provide binaries under GitHub Releases in #20114 and @t8m provided some clarification but since it is a separate topic I am creating this feature request.
I understand that there are many possible build configurations and that not all of them can be provided but providing for a few major platforms would be nice.
On the other hand, if I am not mistaken this project uses automated builds as part of CI. For this to be useful they probably have to build binaries and run tests for a few platforms if not all of them. If the build process already produces binaries then I see no harm in releasing those.
Provided binaries don't need to come with support and/or warranty — they could have a disclaimer (e.g. "use at your own risk"), and if someone needs different build configuration than a couple of major ones provided, they can still clone and build OpenSSL themselves.
I would really appreciate OpenSSL maintainers' thoughts on this subject.