Am 2014-10-01 um 20:58 schrieb Nagel, Bill:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: curl-library [mailto:curl-library-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se] On Behalf Of
>> Michael Osipov
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 2:38 PM
>> To: libcurl development
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH] smb/cifs
>>
>> Am 2014-09-29 um 23:23 schrieb Nagel, Bill:
>>> This patch implements the CIFS dialect of SMB.
>>
>> Since this thread got my attention. Why did you implement the stuff yourself
>> instead of relying of a working, proofed library like libsmbclient? [1] It does all
>> the hard work already.
>>
>> Michael
>
> A few reasons:
> 1. libsmbclient is GPL

Is there a conflict with curl's license if you provide the option?
Maintainer has to handle the rest.

> 2. support embedded devices

Agreed.

> 3. build natively on windows

I sure there is a built-in API in Windows. Isn't there one?
What about a simple UNC path and handle the rest over to Windows?

> 4. libsmbclient is huge. 6MB + 38 dependencies on my system.

Granted but for those with Samba installed, it comes for free.

For those who are interested, why don't make it like with SSL, have
different implementations, backends?

Michael

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