2.59.90 - February 4, 2019 ========================== This release adds an OpenSSL backend, obsoleting the glib-openssl project. Credit to all the contributors to the glib-openssl project, especially Ignacio Casal Quinteiro. Also thanks to Xavier Claessens for helping with the transition. The OpenSSL backend seems to be mature, though it is less well-tested for desktop usage than the GnuTLS backend. It will remain disabled by default at build time due to the GPL-incompatible nature of the OpenSSL license -- and the GPLv2-incompatible nature of the Apache license that will be used by future versions of OpenSSL -- and because the GnuTLS backend is sufficient for Linux distros. Use the OpenSSL backend if you are building an embedded system where (GPLv2+ or LGPLv3+) dependencies are unacceptable (e.g. nettle or GMP, both dependencies of GnuTLS) and you are OK with the GPL-incompatible OpenSSL license. If the OpenSSL backend is enabled at build time, you should probably disable build of the GnuTLS backend, or it will take precedence over the OpenSSL backend at runtime. For example, you could configure with: $ mkdir build && cd build $ meson -Dgnutls=disabled -Dopenssl=enabled ..