Hi, I fully support moving HttpClient 5.5 GA directly from alpha1 and skipping the beta phase given the experimental nature of the new features and lack of feedback.
cheers Arturo On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM Oleg Kalnichevski <ol...@apache.org> wrote: > Folks > > There has been no feedback to the 5.5 alpha1 release and we have not > added any more features to the 5.5 branch. > > Most of the new feature are considered experimental. I see no point > waiting any longer. It will not improve anything considerably. > > I would like to propose HttpClient 5.5 GA be released soon, based on > alpha1 and skipping the beta phase. > > Oleg > > > > On Mon, 2025-02-17 at 18:14 +0100, Oleg Kalnichevski wrote: > > The Apache HttpComponents project is pleased to announce 5.5 alpha1 > > release of HttpComponents HttpClient. > > > > This is the first ALPHA release in the 5.5 release series. It adds > > several experimental features and improvements such as request > > multiplexing over a shared HTTP/2 connection and the Classic API > > facade > > acting as a compatibility bridge between classic I/O client > > services and the asynchronous message transport used internally. > > > > Notable changes and features included in the 5.5 series: > > > > * Improved conformance to RFC 7616 (HTTP Digest Access > > Authentication). > > > > * The connection pool implementation acts as a caching facade in > > front > > of a standard managed connection pool and shares already leased > > connections to multiplex message exchanges over active HTTP/2 > > connections. Experimental. > > > > * Extended Auth API and improved authentication protocol logic to > > support mutual authentication. > > > > * The Classic API facade acting as a compatibility bridge between the > > classic I/O client services (based on the standard InputStream / > > OutputStream model) and the asynchronous message transport used > > internally. Experimental. > > > > * HTTP/2 support for the Fluent Facade (via Classic API facade). > > Experimental. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@hc.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@hc.apache.org > >
