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...and which of the improvements should actually draw my attention?

• d33 10y ago
  Re downvoting: I wasn't being sarcastic here - it's just that without context, this is just a bugfix release, with no note on which are the big features here. We could as well put every single Linux git commit here, couldn't we?
  • okket 10y ago
    I see two factors why every cURL release is more popular than Linux releases: a) Most people get their Linux fix through distributions, nobody [1] is compiling their own kernel any more. So knowing about a Linux release is mostly for curiosity sake, what can be used in x months/years. b) cURL is also extremely widely used [2], so every release matters and can easily compiled/installed directly, without waiting for distributions to catch on. [1] exceptions prove the rule [2] even Microsoft added an 'curl' alias for accessing URLs via HTTP in their PowerShell
    • troxwalt 10y ago
      :re [2] - wonder what happened with that with all of the back and forth on that GitHub Issue.
    • garaetjjte 10y ago
      "exceptions prove the rule" usage is usually misunderstanding. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_that_proves_the_rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_that_proves_the_rule
      • maggit 10y ago
        Bah! That's a digression, the intended meaning here is clear. Though let me say it is an interesting digression :D It seems that the use of that saying here qualifies for the "Loose rhetorical sense" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_that_proves_the_rule#Loose_rhetorical_sense https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_that_proves_the_rule...) described in that article. The one we would really like to avoid would be "Serious nonsense": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_that_proves_the_rule#Serious_nonsense https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_that_proves_the_rule...