On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 2:49 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine < alexandre.prokoud...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 9:34 PM, Partha Bagchi wrote: > > > I am perplexed to see that we need glib-networking suddenly since my git > > pull from a couple of days ago? Is there a reason to requiring glib > > networking support? > > To quote from https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?id= > bb196607693b2a8fa95f033966506cbf3c377d81 > > "Use a code test inspired by libsoup configure test. This is a hard > dependency because HTTPS should not be considered an option anymore. > Nowadays most websites will use HTTPS by default, HTTP gives SEO > penalties and browsers are starting to display various security > warnings on HTTP websites. Also the experience will be significantly > degraded without SSL/TLS support since the help browser will fail to > load the manual remotely, and opening various remote files on secure > protocols will fail. Note: the test cannot be performed while > cross-compiling. In this case, we will just display a warning for > packagers to be at least well aware of this dependency." > > Alex > > Yes, I read the quote but am still perplexed. the only (?) place we need http/https support is to load images from an URI? Is it not sufficient to make that optional instead of introducing one more dependency? _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
