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### Approved proposal * [ ] Not require curl; * {icon check} Keep existing non-curl path; * {icon check} Add non-parallel MultiHttpClient fallback, * [ ] Provide warning about missing curl on Special:Version. ----- ### Original proposal Right now we have some features that require curl (it's probably the #2 issue third parties have with installing VisualEditor, for instance, after mis-matched versions; it's also needed for Math and several other extensions). Historically, we bent over backwards to provide a fallback using file streams. Although a few older paths still use this, it's not practical for the newer MultiHTTPClient which is used for the VirtualRESTServiceClient, amongst other important features. Failure to have cURL installed is a big cause of third party user confusion, and the installer already for some time has suggested that they install it. Instead of having so confusing a situation where you don't need cURL unless you do, now we just require it outright, simplifying things a great deal. We already require five PHP extensions – xml, ctype, json, iconv, and (as discussed in March in T129435) mbstring.

### Approved proposal * {icon check} Don't require curl at install time; * {icon check} Keep existing non-curl path; * {icon check} Add non-parallel MultiHttpClient fallback, * [ ] Provide warning about missing curl on Special:Version. ----- ### Original proposal Right now we have some features that require curl (it's probably the #2 issue third parties have with installing VisualEditor, for instance, after mis-matched versions; it's also needed for Math and several other extensions). Historically, we bent over backwards to provide a fallback using file streams. Although a few older paths still use this, it's not practical for the newer MultiHTTPClient which is used for the VirtualRESTServiceClient, amongst other important features. Failure to have cURL installed is a big cause of third party user confusion, and the installer already for some time has suggested that they install it. Instead of having so confusing a situation where you don't need cURL unless you do, now we just require it outright, simplifying things a great deal. We already require five PHP extensions – xml, ctype, json, iconv, and (as discussed in March in T129435) mbstring.

### Approved proposal * [ ] No* {icon check} Don't require curl;l at install time; * {icon check} Keep existing non-curl path; * {icon check} Add non-parallel MultiHttpClient fallback, * [ ] Provide warning about missing curl on Special:Version. ----- ### Original proposal Right now we have some features that require curl (it's probably the #2 issue third parties have with installing VisualEditor, for instance, after mis-matched versions; it's also needed for Math and several other extensions). Historically, we bent over backwards to provide a fallback using file streams. Although a few older paths still use this, it's not practical for the newer MultiHTTPClient which is used for the VirtualRESTServiceClient, amongst other important features. Failure to have cURL installed is a big cause of third party user confusion, and the installer already for some time has suggested that they install it. Instead of having so confusing a situation where you don't need cURL unless you do, now we just require it outright, simplifying things a great deal. We already require five PHP extensions – xml, ctype, json, iconv, and (as discussed in March in T129435) mbstring.