GNU bug report logs - #54836
[PATCH 1/2] http-client: Fix redirection.

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Attila Lendvai <attila <at> lendvai.name>

Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 13:35:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo, patch

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Message #29 received at 54836 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Attila Lendvai <attila <at> lendvai.name>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 54836 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54836: [PATCH 1/2] http-client: Fix redirection.
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 16:37:49 +0000
> i think it boils down to this trade-off:
>
> 1) keep http-fetch simpler, at the expense of reimplementing parts of
> it in the go importer (e.g. the redirection logic)
>
> 2) add this extra complexity to http-fetch, and avoid the extra
> complexity of a local, potentially half-assed %http-fetch in the go
> importer.
>
> 3) something else i'm not aware of
>
> please advise how to reshape this patch/feature, because it's needed
> to file my go importer patches.


can someone with authority please decide how to proceed with this?

(the reason is that i'd like to file my golang importer improvements
before it develops a painful merge conflict with master.)

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