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Re: RTMP ?
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From: Howard Chu via curl-library <curl-library_at_lists.haxx.se>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:56:01 +0000
Daniel Stenberg wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Nov 2025, Howard Chu wrote:
>
>> Testing has always been a pain because the RTMP servers are proprietary. Really the only usable open source RTMP server code is in librtmp itself.
>
> I am not blaming anyone and I'm not complaining. I'm just stating how I view the situation.
>
> A) curl has no RTMP tests
> B) librtmp has no tests
> C) librtmp has almost no documentation
> D) distros ship librtmp build from git since it makes no releases
>
> This makes RTMP support a weak spot in the curl protocol family. Since this is a protocol with few users and no one is stepping up to help fix the identified
> weaknesses, I think dropping RTMP is a sensible choice.
I think RTMP's time is passed, certainly. But FWICS nobody has identified any
actual flaws that need fixing. The entire world builds from git repos these days
so the lack of tarball releases doesn't really mean anything.
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:56:01 +0000
Daniel Stenberg wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Nov 2025, Howard Chu wrote:
>
>> Testing has always been a pain because the RTMP servers are proprietary. Really the only usable open source RTMP server code is in librtmp itself.
>
> I am not blaming anyone and I'm not complaining. I'm just stating how I view the situation.
>
> A) curl has no RTMP tests
> B) librtmp has no tests
> C) librtmp has almost no documentation
> D) distros ship librtmp build from git since it makes no releases
>
> This makes RTMP support a weak spot in the curl protocol family. Since this is a protocol with few users and no one is stepping up to help fix the identified
> weaknesses, I think dropping RTMP is a sensible choice.
I think RTMP's time is passed, certainly. But FWICS nobody has identified any
actual flaws that need fixing. The entire world builds from git repos these days
so the lack of tarball releases doesn't really mean anything.
-- -- Howard Chu CTO, Symas Corp. http://www.symas.com Director, Highland Sun http://highlandsun.com/hyc/ Chief Architect, OpenLDAP http://www.openldap.org/project/ -- Unsubscribe: https://lists.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/curl-library Etiquette: https://curl.se/mail/etiquette.htmlReceived on 2025-11-14