I can't reproduce this on ubuntu precise. No crash, the repo just stays empty. Looks like we don't follow the redirects:
10:43:00 T:2916088640 DEBUG: CurlFile::Open(0xaed1d2e0)
http://github.com/bossanova808/repositor...ns.xml.md5
10:43:01 T:2916088640 ERROR: CCurlFile::FillBuffer - Failed: SSL connect error(35)
10:43:01 T:2916088640 ERROR: CCurlFile::CReadState::Connect, didn't get any data from stream.
10:43:01 T:2916088640 ERROR: Open - failed to open source <http://github.com/bossanova808/repository.bossanova808/raw/master/staging/addons.xml.md5>
10:43:01 T:2916088640 DEBUG: CFileCache::Open - opening <bossanova808/repository.bossanova808/raw/master/staging/addons.xml> using cache
10:43:01 T:2916088640 DEBUG: Using proxy 10.241.212.62:8080, type 0
10:43:01 T:2916088640 DEBUG: CurlFile::Open(0xaed03cc8)
http://github.com/bossanova808/repositor...addons.xml
10:43:02 T:2916088640 ERROR: CCurlFile::FillBuffer - Failed: SSL connect error(35)
10:43:02 T:2916088640 ERROR: CCurlFile::CReadState::Connect, didn't get any data from stream.
Note that I have to use a proxy here at work, so that might make a difference.
Did anyone having this issue do an apt-get update && apt-get upgrade? If not, worth a try.
edit: just noticed libcurl on precise is linked against gnutls and libssl(which is a part of openssl)