Hello, I am trying to integrate libcurl as an HTTP transport mechanism to avoid the burden of socket handling and HTTP semantics as it is roughly done right now in the httpfs translator.
A first patch introduces the general idea I had for an initial integration of libcurl in the httpfs codebase. It contains a rework logic for the open_connection function and a simple unit test case. The second patch has not been written yet but it will be based upon the first one only and only if after your review. I didn't want to write too much code. Just kept it simple. The first patch will follow this email. Sincerely, Gianluca
