Re: [gnome-network]Transfer Manager (again!)

[Manuel Clos <llanero eresmas net>]

Rodney Dawes wrote:
> No. The code for handling headers is completely separate from when you
> get an error code. Also, when you get a 30x error, "Location" is not
> typically sent along with it.

Umh, I thinked you always get "Location:" with a temporary moved or a 
permanently moved error. I won't comment further on the solution since I 
still need to look into it :)

> I got "stuck" because it is not possible to change the URI on a
> connection, inside of the header callback functions internal to the
> HTTP module.

Umh, but you could maintain a uri_redirected while the connection is 
alive, isn't it?

> Yes. However, as I said, I don't think it can be done in the current
> HTTP module code with the way it works. It is certainly doable in the
> client though.

Yes, I think so, too.

> Simply using another library won't solve the problems. There will still
> be other issues to deal with.

Do you know any? I'm looking at teuf code implementing the ftp code with 
libcurl. I want to consider benefits and drawbacks.

> Why are there thread issues? It seems like there would be less threading
> issues with libcurl. I don't know for sure, of course, but it certainly
> seems like it.

I will cite teuf here:

<teuf> benefits: it handles most of the ugly stuff by itself
<teuf> drawbacks: threads  issues
<teuf> basically, once you opened a transfer, you always need to handle 
it from the same thread
<teuf> and mayne you also need to create all connections from the same 
thread
<teuf> I don't remember exactly the details
<teuf> it is thread safe, but not thread safe enough :)
<teuf> actually I stopped hacking on it when I realized there were 
thread issues
<teuf> I wanted to investigate a bit more, but haven't done it yet
...
<llanero> so it is not a problem to add the dependency?
<teuf> if it works, it shouldn't be a problem
...

he got problems with nautilus when using libcurl as the backend.

For more details contact teuf directly. And CC me if possible.

See you.

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Manuel Clos
llanero eresmas net
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