microsoft / microsoft/openvmm-deps
Explore shrinking OpenSSL even more
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- Dominant language
- Shell
- Stars
- 15
- Forks
- 15
- Avg merge
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- Merged PRs (30d)
- 7
Description
In https://github.com/microsoft/openvmm-deps/pull/30 we shrunk our OpenSSL by disabling some unneeded functionality with compiler flags. We should explore if there are more compiler flags we could add to shrink this even further without impacting our needed functionality.
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Research direction
Start by reviewing pull request 30 and the existing OpenSSL compiler flags used to reduce the dependency. Explore whether additional flags can reduce its size without affecting the functionality OpenVMM needs; done means identifying and validating a smaller build configuration.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- shell
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100