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Re: [Arx-users] Networking libraries and Windows
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Kevin Smith |
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Re: [Arx-users] Networking libraries and Windows |
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Fri, 21 Apr 2006 20:17:05 -0400 |
On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 16:41 -0700, Walter Landry wrote:
> ArX has depended on gnome-vfs for a long time. Unfortunately,
> gnome-vfs is a large dependency and is not ported to Windows except
> through cygwin. What has impeded a replacement is that it must cover
> sftp, http, https + webdav, ftp, and ftps, and it must already build
> on a variety of Unix platforms, Mac, and Windows (mingw is ok). I
> think I have figured out a replacement now. Each of them come with
> caveats.
>
> sftp: libssh2
> http, https+webdav: neon
> ftp(s): ftplibpp
Without exploring the libraries in detail, the overall plan sounds like
a net gain to me. And eventually a Windows SSL solution may become
available.
Kevin