From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 16:25:20 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 6/9] imap-send: enable user to choose between libcurl and openssl using the config
Message-ID: <xmqqldqfl6z3.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <42e07f4d-9888-4a1e-826a-b53b7d84fef6@gmail.com>

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

> 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?