Re: [PATCH v7 6/9] imap-send: enable user to choose between libcurl and openssl using the config

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 29, 2025, 16:25 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqldqfl6z3.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <42e07f4d-9888-4a1e-826a-b53b7d84fef6@gmail.com>

Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> writes:

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> I'm wondering why anyone would want to switch the backend at run-time?
> There has been talk in the past about removing the openssl code [1]
> and just relying on the curl backend. I think that is a worthwhile
> goal as it simplifies the code and means we would avoid having to
> worry about whether we're using openssl correctly [2].

Excellent point. Is there a downside if we only do imap via cURL library and lose the code that directly use OpenSSL?

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