Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 15:16:45 -0400 From: "Patrick Bihan-Faou" <patrick@netzuno.com> To: <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: libcurl in the base distribution of FreeBSD Message-ID: <HAEIJMBEIPIGEFCFDNDIOEBJCIAA.patrick@netzuno.com>
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Hi, I was looking at a way to do some downloads over HTTPS from inside a C program, and I realized that libfetch (which is a fine piece of code BTW) can not do it easily. I looked for alternatives and found cURL (http://curl.haxx.se/). In the same spirit as fetch/libfetch, this comes with both a command line executable and a C library. Some advantages of curl over fech are: - it is available on many platforms - it implements HTTPS and FTPS (and many other protocols) - it implements uploads as well as downloads - development seems to be more active I was wondering if switching over to curl in the base system is something that could be considered. If feedback is positive, I am willing to spend the time required to integrate it. Eventually, libfetch could also be re-implemented as a wrapper around libcurl to avoid lots of modifications of existing tools. Also please note that the licensing terms for curl are nice (dual license MIT / MPL), so that should not be an issue. Any thoughts ? Patrick. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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