[TYPO3-dev] install tool - deprecated curl functions

[Robert Wildling]

Thank you, Philipp, for the detailed explanation. So the functions will 
stay? Wouldn't it be good to remove those comments then? I could provide 
for a forge entry, if that's ok with you.

Happy easter!
Robert

Am 18.04.14 16:27, schrieb Philipp Gampe:
> Hi Robert,
>
> Robert Wildling wrote:
>
>> where the accompanying text says that they are actually deprecated since
>> 4.6 and will be removed in 6.2.
>> What is the status quo now? Do they work? Are they removed?
> They do work and are not removed.
>
> They where introduced with the HttpRequest  (t3lib_http_request) class. I
> planned to refactor the GeneralUtility::getUrl method, however some people
> complained and it turned out that this functions was so much abused (while
> counting on various side effects) that is was almost impossible to refactor
> the whole thing.
> The whole getUrl methods behavior depends on various settings, environment
> (php settings) and parameters given, that any sane replacement will almost
> certainly break some backwards compatibility.
>
> Best regards