From: karlp
>Okay, I've re-written the application that retrieves product
>data so it now uses curl...

I've used cURL for many years and recommend it highly.  It's now in its
tenth year as open source with a business-friendly license and exceptional
maintenance record.  While on-going maintenance is a good thing (I try to
not use OSS that hasn't been maintained in over 6 months) the fact that a
utility is undergoing a lot of change should compel developers to
periodically check the change logs to see if there is something
broken/fixed for which they should be aware - that's one of the reasons why
we're in this forum, no?  For cURL there is a new release every couple
months, new bugs and issues reported every single day in the forums, and
similar daily changes to CVS.  The more you use cURL the more vigilant you
should be.  Just set a recurring appointment for yourself to check the
website.
http://curl.haxx.se/changes.html
http://curl.haxx.se/auto/cvshistory.html and others

Of course, the same applies to all s/w I suppose, but I'll bet most people
who use OSS don't subscribe to the mailing lists or check back to the site
after it looks like everything is working well.

HTH
Tony Gravagno
Nebula Research and Development
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