Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@bagder" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bagder</span></a></span> Problem with that is (besides occasional bugfixes), most people including myself would see <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/curl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>curl</span></a> to be <em>functionally complete</em> and anything <em>"nice to have"</em> would be considered not worth the balooning in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/complexity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>complexity</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/size" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>size</span></a>. </p><ul><li><p>I mean, does <a href="https://curl.se/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">curl</a> <em>need</em> to be able to do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BitTorrent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BitTorrent</span></a> (magnet:), <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPFS</span></a> (ipfs://) or god forbid <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/blockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blockchain</span></a> (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EVM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EVM</span></a>) support? </p></li><li><p>Do you really want to integrate <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> support <em>natively into curl</em> when using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HTTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HTTP</span></a> (localhost:8118) and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SOCKS5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SOCKS5</span></a> (localhost:9050) <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/proxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proxy</span></a> allows for the same and doesn't necessitate having to handle and ingest Tor arguments as well??</p></li></ul><p>In fact if <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/toybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toybox</span></a> didn't have a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/wget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wget</span></a> implementation that I could use for OS/1337 I would've merely chosen <a href="https://curl.se/tiny/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><code>tiny-curl -o</code></a> as a <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30702803/set-aliases-globally-for-all-users" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">global alias</a> or if <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tinycurl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tinycurl</span></a> wasn't an option, <a href="https://linux.die.net/man/1/curl" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><code>curl -o</code></a> instead.</p><ul><li>Maybe someone who wants to have said functionality like <code>tor</code> support built-in will go and IDK make i.e. <code>#neocurl</code> or sth. along those lines or build something like <code>#ethcurl</code> or <code>#torcurl</code>or <code>#ipfscurl</code> or whatever...</li></ul><p>That being said I am glad <code>curl</code> isn't <em>solely</em> maintained by you but has other contributors (give them a shoutout!) but I also am glad you maintain that vital software that most <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterate</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Normies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Normies</span></a>"</em> most likely never heard of but propably use on a daily basis as part of all the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> they use to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/consume" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consume</span></a> media with...</p><ul><li>I consider curl to be <em>"the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vim</span></a> of downloaders"</em> (tho that's kinda insulting and limiting since <code>curl</code> is more than just a downloader <em>and</em> more intuitive than <code>vim</code>) with wget being <em>"the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/vi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vi</span></a> of downloaders"</em> (tho <code>wget</code> is even simpler to use than <code>vi</code>)...</li></ul><p>Either way, curl is awesome... </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OS1337" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OS1337</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bloat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bloat</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bloatware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bloatware</span></a></p>