Re: [PATCH 3/4] http: drop support for curl < 7.19.4
From: Stefan Beller <hidden>
Date: 2017-08-09 17:34:17
On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 5:02 AM, Jeff King [off-list ref] wrote:
Since v2.12.0, Git does not compile with versions of curl older than 7.19.4. That version of curl is about 8 years old. This means it may still be used in some distributions with long-running support periods. But the fact that we haven't received a single bug report about the compile-time breakage implies that nobody cares about building recent releases on such platforms.
I would not state it as bland, see how https://public-inbox.org/git/20170806233850.14711-1-avarab@gmail.com/ came here to the mailing list.
As discussed in the previous two commits, this cleans up the code and gives a more realistic signal to users about which versions of Git are actually tested (in particular, this moves us past the potential use-after-free issues with curl older than 7.17.0).
This is a good reason for this patch, though, so maybe just elide the "nobody cares" part? Thanks for these cleanups!