Re: switch default krb5 - except on (Net|Free)BSD

[nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Apr 02, 2025 at 08:51:30AM +0200, Robert Bagdan wrote:
> > heimdal appears to have some portability problems on
> > various more obscure platforms, and is overall the
> > less popular kerberos implementation.
> >
> > Only NetBSD and FreeBSD ship heimdal as the default,
> > and FreeBSD is considering switching to MIT kerberos.
> >
> > following a successful change in dreckly, I'd like to
> > flip the default kerberos to MIT except on NetBSD
> > and FreeBSD.
> 
> Looking from the shoreline:
> Why would you like to keep NetBSD and FreeBSD
> on heimdal as default, if all others are moving to krb5?
> Is there a technical reason?

Hi, please re-read my email:

> NetBSD and FreeBSD ship heimdal as the default,