Should "std.net.curl" be moved from Phobos to Deimos?

[Adam D. Ruppe]

On Tuesday, 26 November 2013 at 00:13:57 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
> First I'd like to gather an understanding on why we seem to 
> have this problem (far as I understand, the likes of php and 
> python are doing fine with curl, but maybe I'm wrong).

A major difference is there's only one php/python binary, usually 
build on the same system that uses it. Phobos, on the other hand, 
is generally built on the packager's computer, which isn't always 
binary compatible with the deployment box.

On Windows, the problem is simply that curl isn't packaged with 
dmd, for some weird reason, meaning people have to get curl.lib 
separately. That's idiotic. But then again, so are a lot of the 
dmd Windows deficiencies.

> If we do decide to do away with libcurl, one possible solution 
> would be to embed its source code within our build. That way we 
> wouldn't break code that already uses it.

Yes, that would be ideal, we should just statically link curl 
right into the phobos build so it just works everywhere.