[MacPorts] #51516: MacPorts should use a bundled copy of a newer libcurl rather than the OS X version

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Sat Oct 29 16:34:47 CEST 2016


#51516: MacPorts should use a bundled copy of a newer libcurl rather than the OS X
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  Reporter:  ryandesign   |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:  MacPorts Future
 Component:  base         |    Version:
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Comment (by ryandesign):

 The current discussion is centered around being able to reach servers
 running newer ssl. But the idea to use a bundled curl is much older, and
 is based on the idea that we should use the latest software, because it
 has more features and fixes bugs. That's the reason why we bundle tcl 8.5
 now; we were able to remove workarounds for tcl 8.4 and start using
 features introduced in tcl 8.5. In the same way, the latest curl might
 offer some useful features not present in Tiger's curl, and there are
 workarounds in base for bugs in the version of curl included with Snow
 Leopard that we could remove if we bundled a newer version.

 The problem of needing to also bundle a newer ssl library to support newer
 ssl sites, and to quickly release new MacPorts base versions to update the
 ssl library should any vulnerabilities be found, makes this idea less
 wonderful. On the one hand, having a recent but not completely up to date
 ssl library would be better for users of old OS versions that don't get
 security updates anymore; but on the other hand, it would be worse for
 users of new OS versions that do.

 Maybe once we are on GitHub we will improve our testing and release
 process to the point where releasing a new version of MacPorts can be done
 very easily. If so, maybe then we can revisit this issue.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/51516#comment:23>
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