Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] SSL links and website (was: Can't make sdl2_net and sdl2_mixer from git)

[Tony Theodore]

On 16 Jan 2014, at 16:09, Volker Grabsch <address@hidden> wrote:

> Tony Theodore schrieb:
>> 
>> On 16 Jan 2014, at 13:26, Tony Theodore <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>>> Something self-hosted is probably the way to go for SSL.
>> 
>> Forgot to mention that I’m ambivalent about https. I agree it’s required for 
>> any site with a login, but mxe.cc is entirely public content and would see 
>> no benefit (other than looking like we’re following “best" practices).
> 
> You are right. There is currently no real need to use
> SSL for mxe.cc, other than encouraging more people to
> use SSL. So for now, let's keep things as they are.

Admittedly, I haven’t spent much time thinking about the deeper implications of 
it :)

I just sent a note to GitHub support, if they can drive this from their end it 
would raise awareness more quickly. People who can enable SSL for themselves 
probably already do so, I think it’s the large providers that can make the most 
impact.

Cheers,

Tony