Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 16:00:41 -0400 From: "Patrick Bihan-Faou" <patrick@netzuno.com> To: <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: libcurl in the base distribution of FreeBSD Message-ID: <HAEIJMBEIPIGEFCFDNDIIEBLCIAA.patrick@netzuno.com>
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> FYI, curl is already available as a port: /usr/ports/ftp/curl even if it's > not part of the base system. Yes I fully realize that. My point though is that libfetch to me seems a bit limited in its feature set, while there exists other tools that implement what libfetch does and much more. Using curl/libcurl from the base system would allow many part of the system to quickly gain functionality: - the ports system could use HTTPS/FTPS to grab port distributions - same for sysinstall - same for fetch implementing SSL support in libfetch does not seem to be a good idea IMO and will not be an easy task anyway. The effort required to include libcurl in the base system is small in comparison and will provide *almost free* improvements over time... Patrick. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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