Loading docs/TODO +79 −90 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -69,55 +69,52 @@ 10. POP3 10.1 auth= in URLs 11. IMAP 11. LDAP 11.1 SASL based authentication mechanisms 12. LDAP 12.1 SASL based authentication mechanisms 13. Other protocols 14. New protocols 14.1 RSYNC 15. SASL 15.1 Other authentication mechanisms 16. Client 16.1 sync 16.2 glob posts 16.3 prevent file overwriting 16.4 simultaneous parallel transfers 16.5 provide formpost headers 16.6 url-specific options 16.7 warning when setting an option 16.8 IPv6 addresses with globbing 17. Build 17.1 roffit 18. Test suite 18.1 SSL tunnel 18.2 nicer lacking perl message 18.3 more protocols supported 18.4 more platforms supported 19. Next SONAME bump 19.1 http-style HEAD output for ftp 19.2 combine error codes 19.3 extend CURLOPT_SOCKOPTFUNCTION prototype 20. Next major release 20.1 cleanup return codes 20.2 remove obsolete defines 20.3 size_t 20.4 remove several functions 20.5 remove CURLOPT_FAILONERROR 20.6 remove CURLOPT_DNS_USE_GLOBAL_CACHE 20.7 remove progress meter from libcurl 20.8 remove 'curl_httppost' from public 20.9 have form functions use CURL handle argument 20.10 Add CURLOPT_MAIL_CLIENT option 12. Other protocols 13. New protocols 13.1 RSYNC 14. SASL 14.1 Other authentication mechanisms 15. Client 15.1 sync 15.2 glob posts 15.3 prevent file overwriting 15.4 simultaneous parallel transfers 15.5 provide formpost headers 15.6 url-specific options 15.7 warning when setting an option 15.8 IPv6 addresses with globbing 16. Build 16.1 roffit 17. Test suite 17.1 SSL tunnel 17.2 nicer lacking perl message 17.3 more protocols supported 17.4 more platforms supported 18. Next SONAME bump 18.1 http-style HEAD output for ftp 18.2 combine error codes 18.3 extend CURLOPT_SOCKOPTFUNCTION prototype 19. Next major release 19.1 cleanup return codes 19.2 remove obsolete defines 19.3 size_t 19.4 remove several functions 19.5 remove CURLOPT_FAILONERROR 19.6 remove CURLOPT_DNS_USE_GLOBAL_CACHE 19.7 remove progress meter from libcurl 19.8 remove 'curl_httppost' from public 19.9 have form functions use CURL handle argument 19.10 Add CURLOPT_MAIL_CLIENT option ============================================================================== Loading Loading @@ -402,42 +399,34 @@ to provide the data to send. Being able to specify the preferred authentication mechanism in the URL as per RFC2384. 11. IMAP 11. LDAP 11.1 SASL based authentication mechanisms Curl currently sends usernames and passwords as clear text whilst SASL based authentication mechanisms can be more secure. As such, support should be added to support these authentication mechanisms. 12. LDAP 12.1 SASL based authentication mechansims Currently the LDAP module only supports ldap_simple_bind_s() in order to bind to an LDAP server. However, this function sends username and password details using the simple authentication mechanism (as clear text). However, it should be possible to use ldap_bind_s() instead specifing the security context information ourselves. 13. Other protocols 12. Other protocols 14. New protocols 13. New protocols 14.1 RSYNC 13.1 RSYNC There's no RFC for the protocol or an URI/URL format. An implementation should most probably use an existing rsync library, such as librsync. 15. SASL 14. SASL 15.1 Other authentication mechanisms 14.1 Other authentication mechanisms Add support for gssapi to SMTP and POP3. Add support for gssapi to SMTP, POP3 and IMAP. 16. Client 15. Client 16.1 sync 15.1 sync "curl --sync http://example.com/feed[1-100].rss" or "curl --sync http://example.net/{index,calendar,history}.html" Loading @@ -446,12 +435,12 @@ to provide the data to send. remote file is newer than the local file. A Last-Modified HTTP date header should also be used to set the mod date on the downloaded file. 16.2 glob posts 15.2 glob posts Globbing support for -d and -F, as in 'curl -d "name=foo[0-9]" URL'. This is easily scripted though. 16.3 prevent file overwriting 15.3 prevent file overwriting Add an option that prevents cURL from overwriting existing local files. When used, and there already is an existing file with the target file name Loading @@ -459,14 +448,14 @@ to provide the data to send. existing). So that index.html becomes first index.html.1 and then index.html.2 etc. 16.4 simultaneous parallel transfers 15.4 simultaneous parallel transfers The client could be told to use maximum N simultaneous parallel transfers and then just make sure that happens. It should of course not make more than one connection to the same remote host. This would require the client to use the multi interface. http://curl.haxx.se/bug/feature.cgi?id=1558595 16.5 provide formpost headers 15.5 provide formpost headers Extending the capabilities of the multipart formposting. How about leaving the ';type=foo' syntax as it is and adding an extra tag (headers) which Loading @@ -480,7 +469,7 @@ to provide the data to send. which should overwrite the program reasonable defaults (plain/text, 8bit...) 16.6 url-specific options 15.6 url-specific options Provide a way to make options bound to a specific URL among several on the command line. Possibly by letting ':' separate options between URLs, Loading @@ -494,57 +483,57 @@ to provide the data to send. The example would do a POST-GET-POST combination on a single command line. 16.7 warning when setting an option 15.7 warning when setting an option Display a warning when libcurl returns an error when setting an option. This can be useful to tell when support for a particular feature hasn't been compiled into the library. 16.8 IPv6 addresses with globbing 15.8 IPv6 addresses with globbing Currently the command line client needs to get url globbing disabled (with -g) for it to support IPv6 numerical addresses. This is a rather silly flaw that should be corrected. It probably involves a smarter detection of the '[' and ']' letters. 17. Build 16. Build 17.1 roffit 16.1 roffit Consider extending 'roffit' to produce decent ASCII output, and use that instead of (g)nroff when building src/tool_hugehelp.c 18. Test suite 17. Test suite 18.1 SSL tunnel 17.1 SSL tunnel Make our own version of stunnel for simple port forwarding to enable HTTPS and FTP-SSL tests without the stunnel dependency, and it could allow us to provide test tools built with either OpenSSL or GnuTLS 18.2 nicer lacking perl message 17.2 nicer lacking perl message If perl wasn't found by the configure script, don't attempt to run the tests but explain something nice why it doesn't. 18.3 more protocols supported 17.3 more protocols supported Extend the test suite to include more protocols. The telnet could just do ftp or http operations (for which we have test servers). 18.4 more platforms supported 17.4 more platforms supported Make the test suite work on more platforms. OpenBSD and Mac OS. Remove fork()s and it should become even more portable. 19. Next SONAME bump 18. Next SONAME bump 19.1 http-style HEAD output for ftp 18.1 http-style HEAD output for ftp #undef CURL_FTP_HTTPSTYLE_HEAD in lib/ftp.c to remove the HTTP-style headers from being output in NOBODY requests over ftp 19.2 combine error codes 18.2 combine error codes Combine some of the error codes to remove duplicates. The original numbering should not be changed, and the old identifiers would be Loading @@ -569,29 +558,29 @@ to provide the data to send. CURLE_TFTP_PERM => CURLE_REMOTE_ACCESS_DENIED 19.3 extend CURLOPT_SOCKOPTFUNCTION prototype 18.3 extend CURLOPT_SOCKOPTFUNCTION prototype The current prototype only provides 'purpose' that tells what the connection/socket is for, but not any protocol or similar. It makes it hard for applications to differentiate on TCP vs UDP and even HTTP vs FTP and similar. 20. Next major release 10. Next major release 20.1 cleanup return codes 19.1 cleanup return codes curl_easy_cleanup() returns void, but curl_multi_cleanup() returns a CURLMcode. These should be changed to be the same. 20.2 remove obsolete defines 19.2 remove obsolete defines remove obsolete defines from curl/curl.h 20.3 size_t 19.3 size_t make several functions use size_t instead of int in their APIs 20.4 remove several functions 19.4 remove several functions remove the following functions from the public API: Loading @@ -612,18 +601,18 @@ to provide the data to send. curl_multi_socket_all 20.5 remove CURLOPT_FAILONERROR 19.5 remove CURLOPT_FAILONERROR Remove support for CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, it has gotten too kludgy and weird internally. Let the app judge success or not for itself. 20.6 remove CURLOPT_DNS_USE_GLOBAL_CACHE 19.6 remove CURLOPT_DNS_USE_GLOBAL_CACHE Remove support for a global DNS cache. Anything global is silly, and we already offer the share interface for the same functionality but done "right". 20.7 remove progress meter from libcurl 19.7 remove progress meter from libcurl The internally provided progress meter output doesn't belong in the library. Basically no application wants it (apart from curl) but instead applications Loading @@ -633,7 +622,7 @@ to provide the data to send. variable types passed to it instead of doubles so that big files work correctly. 20.8 remove 'curl_httppost' from public 19.8 remove 'curl_httppost' from public curl_formadd() was made to fill in a public struct, but the fact that the struct is public is never really used by application for their own advantage Loading @@ -642,7 +631,7 @@ to provide the data to send. Changing them to return a private handle will benefit the implementation and allow us much greater freedoms while still maintining a solid API and ABI. 20.9 have form functions use CURL handle argument 19.9 have form functions use CURL handle argument curl_formadd() and curl_formget() both currently have no CURL handle argument, but both can use a callback that is set in the easy handle, and Loading @@ -650,7 +639,7 @@ to provide the data to send. curl_easy_perform() (or similar) called - which is hard to grasp and a design mistake. 20.10 Add CURLOPT_MAIL_CLIENT option 19.10 Add CURLOPT_MAIL_CLIENT option Rather than use the URL to specify the mail client string to present in the HELO and EHLO commands, libcurl should support a new CURLOPT specifically for Loading Loading
docs/TODO +79 −90 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -69,55 +69,52 @@ 10. POP3 10.1 auth= in URLs 11. IMAP 11. LDAP 11.1 SASL based authentication mechanisms 12. LDAP 12.1 SASL based authentication mechanisms 13. Other protocols 14. New protocols 14.1 RSYNC 15. SASL 15.1 Other authentication mechanisms 16. Client 16.1 sync 16.2 glob posts 16.3 prevent file overwriting 16.4 simultaneous parallel transfers 16.5 provide formpost headers 16.6 url-specific options 16.7 warning when setting an option 16.8 IPv6 addresses with globbing 17. Build 17.1 roffit 18. Test suite 18.1 SSL tunnel 18.2 nicer lacking perl message 18.3 more protocols supported 18.4 more platforms supported 19. Next SONAME bump 19.1 http-style HEAD output for ftp 19.2 combine error codes 19.3 extend CURLOPT_SOCKOPTFUNCTION prototype 20. Next major release 20.1 cleanup return codes 20.2 remove obsolete defines 20.3 size_t 20.4 remove several functions 20.5 remove CURLOPT_FAILONERROR 20.6 remove CURLOPT_DNS_USE_GLOBAL_CACHE 20.7 remove progress meter from libcurl 20.8 remove 'curl_httppost' from public 20.9 have form functions use CURL handle argument 20.10 Add CURLOPT_MAIL_CLIENT option 12. Other protocols 13. New protocols 13.1 RSYNC 14. SASL 14.1 Other authentication mechanisms 15. Client 15.1 sync 15.2 glob posts 15.3 prevent file overwriting 15.4 simultaneous parallel transfers 15.5 provide formpost headers 15.6 url-specific options 15.7 warning when setting an option 15.8 IPv6 addresses with globbing 16. Build 16.1 roffit 17. Test suite 17.1 SSL tunnel 17.2 nicer lacking perl message 17.3 more protocols supported 17.4 more platforms supported 18. Next SONAME bump 18.1 http-style HEAD output for ftp 18.2 combine error codes 18.3 extend CURLOPT_SOCKOPTFUNCTION prototype 19. Next major release 19.1 cleanup return codes 19.2 remove obsolete defines 19.3 size_t 19.4 remove several functions 19.5 remove CURLOPT_FAILONERROR 19.6 remove CURLOPT_DNS_USE_GLOBAL_CACHE 19.7 remove progress meter from libcurl 19.8 remove 'curl_httppost' from public 19.9 have form functions use CURL handle argument 19.10 Add CURLOPT_MAIL_CLIENT option ============================================================================== Loading Loading @@ -402,42 +399,34 @@ to provide the data to send. Being able to specify the preferred authentication mechanism in the URL as per RFC2384. 11. IMAP 11. LDAP 11.1 SASL based authentication mechanisms Curl currently sends usernames and passwords as clear text whilst SASL based authentication mechanisms can be more secure. As such, support should be added to support these authentication mechanisms. 12. LDAP 12.1 SASL based authentication mechansims Currently the LDAP module only supports ldap_simple_bind_s() in order to bind to an LDAP server. However, this function sends username and password details using the simple authentication mechanism (as clear text). However, it should be possible to use ldap_bind_s() instead specifing the security context information ourselves. 13. Other protocols 12. Other protocols 14. New protocols 13. New protocols 14.1 RSYNC 13.1 RSYNC There's no RFC for the protocol or an URI/URL format. An implementation should most probably use an existing rsync library, such as librsync. 15. SASL 14. SASL 15.1 Other authentication mechanisms 14.1 Other authentication mechanisms Add support for gssapi to SMTP and POP3. Add support for gssapi to SMTP, POP3 and IMAP. 16. Client 15. Client 16.1 sync 15.1 sync "curl --sync http://example.com/feed[1-100].rss" or "curl --sync http://example.net/{index,calendar,history}.html" Loading @@ -446,12 +435,12 @@ to provide the data to send. remote file is newer than the local file. A Last-Modified HTTP date header should also be used to set the mod date on the downloaded file. 16.2 glob posts 15.2 glob posts Globbing support for -d and -F, as in 'curl -d "name=foo[0-9]" URL'. This is easily scripted though. 16.3 prevent file overwriting 15.3 prevent file overwriting Add an option that prevents cURL from overwriting existing local files. When used, and there already is an existing file with the target file name Loading @@ -459,14 +448,14 @@ to provide the data to send. existing). So that index.html becomes first index.html.1 and then index.html.2 etc. 16.4 simultaneous parallel transfers 15.4 simultaneous parallel transfers The client could be told to use maximum N simultaneous parallel transfers and then just make sure that happens. It should of course not make more than one connection to the same remote host. This would require the client to use the multi interface. http://curl.haxx.se/bug/feature.cgi?id=1558595 16.5 provide formpost headers 15.5 provide formpost headers Extending the capabilities of the multipart formposting. How about leaving the ';type=foo' syntax as it is and adding an extra tag (headers) which Loading @@ -480,7 +469,7 @@ to provide the data to send. which should overwrite the program reasonable defaults (plain/text, 8bit...) 16.6 url-specific options 15.6 url-specific options Provide a way to make options bound to a specific URL among several on the command line. Possibly by letting ':' separate options between URLs, Loading @@ -494,57 +483,57 @@ to provide the data to send. The example would do a POST-GET-POST combination on a single command line. 16.7 warning when setting an option 15.7 warning when setting an option Display a warning when libcurl returns an error when setting an option. This can be useful to tell when support for a particular feature hasn't been compiled into the library. 16.8 IPv6 addresses with globbing 15.8 IPv6 addresses with globbing Currently the command line client needs to get url globbing disabled (with -g) for it to support IPv6 numerical addresses. This is a rather silly flaw that should be corrected. It probably involves a smarter detection of the '[' and ']' letters. 17. Build 16. Build 17.1 roffit 16.1 roffit Consider extending 'roffit' to produce decent ASCII output, and use that instead of (g)nroff when building src/tool_hugehelp.c 18. Test suite 17. Test suite 18.1 SSL tunnel 17.1 SSL tunnel Make our own version of stunnel for simple port forwarding to enable HTTPS and FTP-SSL tests without the stunnel dependency, and it could allow us to provide test tools built with either OpenSSL or GnuTLS 18.2 nicer lacking perl message 17.2 nicer lacking perl message If perl wasn't found by the configure script, don't attempt to run the tests but explain something nice why it doesn't. 18.3 more protocols supported 17.3 more protocols supported Extend the test suite to include more protocols. The telnet could just do ftp or http operations (for which we have test servers). 18.4 more platforms supported 17.4 more platforms supported Make the test suite work on more platforms. OpenBSD and Mac OS. Remove fork()s and it should become even more portable. 19. Next SONAME bump 18. Next SONAME bump 19.1 http-style HEAD output for ftp 18.1 http-style HEAD output for ftp #undef CURL_FTP_HTTPSTYLE_HEAD in lib/ftp.c to remove the HTTP-style headers from being output in NOBODY requests over ftp 19.2 combine error codes 18.2 combine error codes Combine some of the error codes to remove duplicates. The original numbering should not be changed, and the old identifiers would be Loading @@ -569,29 +558,29 @@ to provide the data to send. CURLE_TFTP_PERM => CURLE_REMOTE_ACCESS_DENIED 19.3 extend CURLOPT_SOCKOPTFUNCTION prototype 18.3 extend CURLOPT_SOCKOPTFUNCTION prototype The current prototype only provides 'purpose' that tells what the connection/socket is for, but not any protocol or similar. It makes it hard for applications to differentiate on TCP vs UDP and even HTTP vs FTP and similar. 20. Next major release 10. Next major release 20.1 cleanup return codes 19.1 cleanup return codes curl_easy_cleanup() returns void, but curl_multi_cleanup() returns a CURLMcode. These should be changed to be the same. 20.2 remove obsolete defines 19.2 remove obsolete defines remove obsolete defines from curl/curl.h 20.3 size_t 19.3 size_t make several functions use size_t instead of int in their APIs 20.4 remove several functions 19.4 remove several functions remove the following functions from the public API: Loading @@ -612,18 +601,18 @@ to provide the data to send. curl_multi_socket_all 20.5 remove CURLOPT_FAILONERROR 19.5 remove CURLOPT_FAILONERROR Remove support for CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, it has gotten too kludgy and weird internally. Let the app judge success or not for itself. 20.6 remove CURLOPT_DNS_USE_GLOBAL_CACHE 19.6 remove CURLOPT_DNS_USE_GLOBAL_CACHE Remove support for a global DNS cache. Anything global is silly, and we already offer the share interface for the same functionality but done "right". 20.7 remove progress meter from libcurl 19.7 remove progress meter from libcurl The internally provided progress meter output doesn't belong in the library. Basically no application wants it (apart from curl) but instead applications Loading @@ -633,7 +622,7 @@ to provide the data to send. variable types passed to it instead of doubles so that big files work correctly. 20.8 remove 'curl_httppost' from public 19.8 remove 'curl_httppost' from public curl_formadd() was made to fill in a public struct, but the fact that the struct is public is never really used by application for their own advantage Loading @@ -642,7 +631,7 @@ to provide the data to send. Changing them to return a private handle will benefit the implementation and allow us much greater freedoms while still maintining a solid API and ABI. 20.9 have form functions use CURL handle argument 19.9 have form functions use CURL handle argument curl_formadd() and curl_formget() both currently have no CURL handle argument, but both can use a callback that is set in the easy handle, and Loading @@ -650,7 +639,7 @@ to provide the data to send. curl_easy_perform() (or similar) called - which is hard to grasp and a design mistake. 20.10 Add CURLOPT_MAIL_CLIENT option 19.10 Add CURLOPT_MAIL_CLIENT option Rather than use the URL to specify the mail client string to present in the HELO and EHLO commands, libcurl should support a new CURLOPT specifically for Loading
