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Added some more to do items and a known bug.

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@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ join in and help us correct one or more of these! Also be sure to check the
changelog of the current development status, as one or more of these problems changelog of the current development status, as one or more of these problems
may have been fixed since this was written! may have been fixed since this was written!
54. User names embedded in URLs without a password are parsed incorrectly--the
host name is treated as part of the user name and the port number becomes the
password. This can be observed test 279.
53. SFTP busy-loop problem. When doing SFTP uploads, we can see that libcurl 53. SFTP busy-loop problem. When doing SFTP uploads, we can see that libcurl
occasionally will busy-loop while waiting for certain network conditions. occasionally will busy-loop while waiting for certain network conditions.
Reported by Pavel Shalagin, explained somewhat by Daniel Stenberg here: Reported by Pavel Shalagin, explained somewhat by Daniel Stenberg here:
@ -17,7 +21,8 @@ may have been fixed since this was written!
-y/-Y) the next attempt doesn't resume the transfer properly from what was -y/-Y) the next attempt doesn't resume the transfer properly from what was
downloaded in the previous attempt but will truncate and restart at the downloaded in the previous attempt but will truncate and restart at the
original position where it was at before the previous failed attempt. See original position where it was at before the previous failed attempt. See
http://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2008-01/0080.html http://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2008-01/0080.html and Mandriva bug report
https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22565
48. If a CONNECT response-headers are larger than BUFSIZE (16KB) when the 48. If a CONNECT response-headers are larger than BUFSIZE (16KB) when the
connection is meant to be kept alive (like for NTLM proxy auth), the connection is meant to be kept alive (like for NTLM proxy auth), the

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5. HTTP 5. HTTP
5.1 Other HTTP versions with CONNECT 5.1 Other HTTP versions with CONNECT
5.2 Better persistancy for HTTP 1.0 5.2 Better persistency for HTTP 1.0
5.3 support FF3 sqlite cookie files 5.3 support FF3 sqlite cookie files
6. TELNET 6. TELNET
6.1 ditch stdin 6.1 ditch stdin
6.2 ditch telnet-specific select 6.2 ditch telnet-specific select
6.3 feature negotiation debug data
6.4 send data in chunks
7. SSL 7. SSL
7.1 Disable specific versions 7.1 Disable specific versions
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7.4 Evaluate SSL patches 7.4 Evaluate SSL patches
7.5 Cache OpenSSL contexts 7.5 Cache OpenSSL contexts
7.6 Export session ids 7.6 Export session ids
7.7 Provide callback for cert verfication 7.7 Provide callback for cert verification
7.8 Support other SSL libraries 7.8 Support other SSL libraries
7.9 Support SRP on the TLS layer 7.9 Support SRP on the TLS layer
7.10 improve configure --with-ssl 7.10 improve configure --with-ssl
8. GnuTLS 8. GnuTLS
8.1 Make NTLM work without OpenSSL functions 8.1 Make NTLM work without OpenSSL functions
8.2 SSl engine stuff 8.2 SSL engine stuff
8.3 SRP 8.3 SRP
8.4 non-blocking 8.4 non-blocking
8.5 check connection 8.5 check connection
9. LDAP 9. Other protocols
9.1 ditch ldap-specific select 9.1 ditch ldap-specific select
10. New protocols 10. New protocols
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11.6 simultaneous parallel transfers 11.6 simultaneous parallel transfers
11.7 provide formpost headers 11.7 provide formpost headers
11.8 url-specific options 11.8 url-specific options
11.9 metalink support
11.10 warning when setting an option
12. Build 12. Build
12.1 roffit 12.1 roffit
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1.1 Zero-copy interface 1.1 Zero-copy interface
Introdue another callback interface for upload/download that makes one less Introduce another callback interface for upload/download that makes one less
copy of data and thus a faster operation. copy of data and thus a faster operation.
[http://curl.haxx.se/dev/no_copy_callbacks.txt] [http://curl.haxx.se/dev/no_copy_callbacks.txt]
@ -258,7 +262,7 @@
never been reported as causing trouble to anyone, but should be considered to never been reported as causing trouble to anyone, but should be considered to
use the HTTP version the user has chosen. use the HTTP version the user has chosen.
5.2 Better persistancy for HTTP 1.0 5.2 Better persistency for HTTP 1.0
"Better" support for persistent connections over HTTP 1.0 "Better" support for persistent connections over HTTP 1.0
http://curl.haxx.se/bug/feature.cgi?id=1089001 http://curl.haxx.se/bug/feature.cgi?id=1089001
@ -283,6 +287,16 @@ to provide the data to send.
into the main transfer loop. Until this is done, the multi interface won't into the main transfer loop. Until this is done, the multi interface won't
work for telnet. work for telnet.
6.3 feature negotiation debug data
Add telnet feature negotiation data to the debug callback as header data.
6.4 send data in chunks
Currently, telnet sends data one byte at a time. This is fine for interactive
use, but inefficient for any other. Sent data should be sent in larger
chunks.
7. SSL 7. SSL
7.1 Disable specific versions 7.1 Disable specific versions
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the state from such a buffer at a later date - this is used by mod_ssl for the state from such a buffer at a later date - this is used by mod_ssl for
apache to implement and SSL session ID cache". apache to implement and SSL session ID cache".
7.7 Provide callback for cert verfication 7.7 Provide callback for cert verification
OpenSSL supports a callback for customised verification of the peer OpenSSL supports a callback for customised verification of the peer
certificate, but this doesn't seem to be exposed in the libcurl APIs. Could certificate, but this doesn't seem to be exposed in the libcurl APIs. Could
@ -355,7 +369,7 @@ to provide the data to send.
hey... Another option is to get available DES and MD4 source code from the hey... Another option is to get available DES and MD4 source code from the
cryptopp library. They are fine license-wise, but are C++. cryptopp library. They are fine license-wise, but are C++.
8.2 SSl engine stuff 8.2 SSL engine stuff
Is this even possible? Is this even possible?
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Add a way to check if the connection seems to be alive, to correspond to the Add a way to check if the connection seems to be alive, to correspond to the
SSL_peak() way we use with OpenSSL. SSL_peak() way we use with OpenSSL.
9. LDAP 9. Other protocols
9.1 ditch ldap-specific select 9.1 ditch ldap-specific select
@ -381,6 +395,10 @@ to provide the data to send.
lib/ldap.c source file and get moved to the main network code so that the lib/ldap.c source file and get moved to the main network code so that the
multi interface and friends will work for LDAP as well. multi interface and friends will work for LDAP as well.
9.2 stop TFTP blocking
Stop TFTP from being blocking and doing its own read loop in tftp_do.
10. New protocols 10. New protocols
10.1 RTSP 10.1 RTSP
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The example would do a POST-GET-POST combination on a single command line. The example would do a POST-GET-POST combination on a single command line.
11.9 metalink support
Add metalink support to curl (http://www.metalinker.org/). This is most useful
with simultaneous parallel transfers (11.6) but not necessary.
11.10 warning when setting an option
Display a warning when libcurl returns an error when setting an option.
This can be useful to tell when support for a particular feature hasn't been
compiled into the library.
12. Build 12. Build
12.1 roffit 12.1 roffit