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Re: [GNUnet-developers] libwget2
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Schanzenbach, Martin |
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Re: [GNUnet-developers] libwget2 |
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Fri, 23 Mar 2018 07:15:16 +0100 |
Hi,
I guess one thing is that we need (gn|c)url for other things than downloading
(e.g. proxying see gns). Can wget do other things?
A brief look at the API makes me doubt that.
If not, then wget2 is just another additional dependency.
BR
> On 22. Mar 2018, at 19:13, ng0 <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> remind me again: What exactly is in the way (besides us making relevant
> changes in GNUnet)
> to make use of libwget2 as a successor to gnURL?
> Someone knew it and had just grumpy opinions on the wget.h ... but besides
> "omg it is long",
> what can we do in cooperation with wget2 to get to a point where we can
> embrace wget2?
>
> We have this long standing ridiculous issue in Guix with curl and gnurl, and
> if wget2 would
> just work and function differently than curl (CURL_CA_PATH is the issue) it
> would be so much
> easier to finally get this integrated. "on first run download the hostlist"
> "oh, excuse me
> we first have to crash into the wellknown kitchensink with curl/gnurl".
> I'd rather invest time in trying to get wget2 ready than to continue merging
> from curl and
> having dependency on their problems (which are somewhat unique to the
> Guix+GuixSD situation.
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- Martin
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