Re: [RFC] dropping support for ancient versions of curl

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 14, 2017, 11:12 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq4lxrnsza.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170407045427.rqrqdt5mxzudonzo@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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> I think I'm leaning towards the very first patch I posted, that assumes
> 7.11.0 and later. And then hold off on the others for a few years. In
> terms of "number of ifdefs removed" we could go further, but I think it
> was the first patch that removes a lot of the really questionable bits
> (like silently ignoring security-related features).

I do not have problems with setting cut-off at 7.11.0; I do not foresee anybody who actively maintains a port for a platform whose cURL is older than that version would step up ;-)

Thanks.

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