Re: Adopting wcurl into the curl project?

On Sun, Aug 04, 2024 at 12:16:55AM +0200, Daniel Stenberg wrote:
> I have read *a lot* of positive feedback from people who seem to appreciate wcurl - however simple
> and basic it is. I think having this hosted and maintained by the curl project seems suitable.

If we're going to be responsible for its future , then we need to think about
the future first. My other gripe is that while it was originally intended to be
a wget replacement (that's where the "w" comes from) in its current form it
can't be made wget compatible because it's already using incompatible option
names. If the intent is to become more wget compatible over time, as some of
the talk I hear about it says and which I think is a better philosophical path
forward, then we should not hinder that by setting that goal up for failure on
day 1.

One of the big strengths of curl is the emphasis on backward compatibility, so
now's the time to think about where this tool should be going.

Dan
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