In this case, the static method on HttpUrlConnection approach may be more
appropriate. Basically we can point to documentation about it and it
requires no special knowledge and can be plopped in at bootstrap code.
@Andrew G: would documenting this and/or the module fix address your concerns?
Given where we are, my suggestion is as follows: if we can't resolve
-1 votes by the end of the day, I'll cancel this release and work
towards a 1.8.1-rc2.
In this case, I would like to urge all those who are uncomfortable
with releasing rc1 at this point to improve the current proposed fix,
since from the discussion it is clear it is currently not a state we
would like to include in 1.8.1.
If we can resolve the -1s, I would obviously still like to work on
fixing JCLOUDS-753 as quickly as reasonably possible. Hopefully, with
the release behind us we will a little bit more time for that.
Regards
ap
