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 ### G-115 [proposed] Declarative .vfs composition: toml-defined kit payloads with drop-in preservation
 Scope: src/make.tcl (vfs assembly), src/runtime/vendorlib_vfs.toml (existing per-package declaration surface - fold/supersede settled in the work), src/vfs/ (per-.vfs declaration files + README), punk::mix machinery as touched, src/project_layouts (seeding for derived projects); coordinates with G-067 (artifact sources), G-006 (consent), G-004 (binary-free committed tree)
 Detail: goals/G-115-declarative-vfs-composition.md
+
+### G-116 [proposed] Suite-built tcltls with a zig-built crypto backend: bi-family battery, prebuilt replacement path
+Scope: src/buildsuites/suite_tcl90/ (build_tcltls module + crypto-backend build, sources.config + build.zig.zon source records, kit-family bi payload + metadata extension, test_gate record step), src/vfs kit payloads carrying vendored tcltls binaries (current-state reference + recorded disposition only - removal stays G-004-era work), punkbin (as eventual artifact destination via the G-067 library class); consumers punk::imap4 / punk::netbox (package require tls) as verification context
+Detail: goals/G-116-suite-built-tcltls.md
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+# G-116 Suite-built tcltls with a zig-built crypto backend: bi-family battery, prebuilt replacement path
+
+Status: proposed
+Scope: src/buildsuites/suite_tcl90/ (build_tcltls module + crypto-backend build, sources.config + build.zig.zon source records, kit-family bi payload + metadata extension, test_gate record step), src/vfs kit payloads carrying vendored tcltls binaries (current-state reference + recorded disposition only - removal stays G-004-era work), punkbin (as eventual artifact destination via the G-067 library class); consumers punk::imap4 / punk::netbox (package require tls) as verification context
+Goal: suite_tcl90 builds tcltls (core.tcl-lang.org/tcltls fossil, the thread/tclvfs/tk fetch pattern) together with its crypto backend (LibreSSL-portable or no-asm OpenSSL - decided and recorded in this file) entirely under the zig-only toolchain policy, statically linked so the resulting tcl9 tls extension is self-contained; it joins the bi-family attached payload as the first battery beyond Tk, loads via package require tls from a bi family kit, and its own testsuite runs under the suite-built shell through the G-107 machinery - replacing the need for the vendored prebuilt tcltls binaries and advancing G-004.
+Acceptance: the crypto-backend choice (LibreSSL-portable vs no-asm OpenSSL) is recorded here with rationale and pinned source records in BOTH suite flows (sources.config + build.zig.zon); a suite step builds backend + tcltls reproducibly and the extension loads in the suite shell AND in a rebuilt bi family kit (package require tls plus a functional handshake: a loopback connection to an ephemeral local TLS server using a generated self-signed certificate - no external network); tcltls's own tests/ suite runs as a record-mode test_gate step emitting the G-107 evidence summary (gate promotion per the standard disposition-plus-two-run-deterministic bar, recorded either way); the bi kit-family payload and artifact metadata carry the tls version and the backend name+version; the disposition of the existing vendored tcltls kit payloads (tcltls1.7.22/1.7.23, tls2.0b2, punk9linux tcltls.so) is recorded here - they REMAIN until user-directed removal, actual removal being G-004-era work outside this goal.
+
+## Context
+
+Drafted 2026-07-22 (user-approved wording) to give the tcltls bi-battery line a
+live goal home after G-103's archive (achieved 2026-07-22 - see
+goals/archive/G-103-runtime-kit-family.md, whose Notes carry the original
+2026-07-21 material this goal formalizes):
+
+- DECISION 2026-07-21 (user, recorded in archived G-103): tcltls approved into
+  the bi-battery enumeration - deliberately NOT gating family progress; a
+  dedicated goal was named as the option "if the crypto build proves large" -
+  this is that goal, drafted at the natural point rather than under pressure.
+- FEASIBILITY (the crux, unchanged from the archived analysis): tcltls itself
+  is a thin C extension (tls.c/tlsIO.c compile under zig cc like
+  thread/tclvfs/tk) but LINKS a crypto backend - upstream OpenSSL, LibreSSL
+  also supported. No crypto library is in the tree, so the real work is the
+  backend build under the zig-only policy: pragmatic paths are
+  LibreSSL-portable (autoconf/cmake, no perl Configure) or a no-asm OpenSSL,
+  compiled with zig cc, with tcltls linked STATIC against it (mirroring the
+  tcllibc/tk build shape). This is the largest new build dependency the family
+  takes on - hence its own goal with its own acceptance.
+- TEST VALUE (archived G-103 observation): zig-built crypto + tcltls against a
+  static tclsh is a combination nobody upstream tests - the record-mode run is
+  evidence of exactly the kind G-107 (achieved - see
+  goals/archive/G-107-buildsuite-library-tests.md) was built to capture.
+- INTERIM STATE: TLS ships today ONLY as vendored prebuilt binaries in kit
+  .vfs payloads (tcltls1.7.22/1.7.23 + tls2.0b2 dlls; punk9linux tcltls.so) -
+  committed binaries G-004 wants gone, tolerated pending their build story.
+  Real consumers exist now: punk::imap4 and punk::netbox both
+  'package require tls'.
+
+Relationships: G-004 (a suite-built tls is the prebuilts' replacement path),
+G-067 (once built, per-platform tls artifacts are library-class punkbin
+candidates), G-105 (tls joins the family x target matrix when cross-targets
+land), G-107 (achieved - test machinery this goal's record step uses),
+archived G-103 (family payload contract and metadata shape this battery
+extends).