Re: [RFC] bump min serf version, or degrade? (was: svn commit: r1302682 ...)

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Greg Stein <gstein_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> With the change below, we can send all requests using Content-Length
> rather than chunking. This is the core work for fixing issue 3979.
>
> My question: should we simply bump the minimum serf to 1.1, or should
> we just omit the Content-Length functionality? If the latter, then
> users may run into 3979 if they have an older serf.
>
> I'm thinking: bump our requirement. It will require packagers/distros
> to get serf 1.1 packaged "soonish". (and no, it hasn't been released
> yet)
>
> Thoughts?

Bump the required version: folks are going to have to repackage
Subversion as it is. If you want a newer Subversion, you need to be
prepared for newer deps.

-Hyrum "bleeding edge" Wright

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