Thinking about this a little more... the --enable-ssl configure flag works for most SSL use cases, as it builds against system libraries. I think the flag should be in there regardless, but only depend on and install OpenSSL if you ask for it.

> On Jan 20, 2014, at 3:42 PM, Mike McQuaid <notifications@github.com> wrote:
> 
> In Library/Formula/irssi.rb:
> 
> > @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ class Irssi < Formula
> >    depends_on :clt # See https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/20952
> >    depends_on 'pkg-config' => :build
> >    depends_on 'glib'
> > +  depends_on 'openssl'
> So the version that's there now looks good to me.
> 
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