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24.3; url-copy-file sometimes silently downloads garbage or incomplete file

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From: John Wiegley <jwiegley <at> gmail.com>
To: Live System User <nyc4bos <at> aol.com>
Cc: 15905 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15905: 24.3;
 url-copy-file sometimes silently downloads garbage or incomplete file
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 08:36:04 -0800

>>>>> Live System User <nyc4bos <at> aol.com> writes:

>> I'm not sure this is worth fixing -- perhaps the best would be to remove
>> the support for external TLS programs.  Especially since they don't hook
>> into the Network Security Manager.  A couple of the "blocking" bug
>> reports are about that...

> Please don't remove support for external TLS progams as that would prevent
> one from using facilities like OpenSSL.

Lars, what is the argument for rejecting external TLS programs, for and
against?

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