[jira] Resolved: (COUCHDB-1042) make libcurl a soft (optional) dependency

["Paul Joseph Davis (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1042?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Paul Joseph Davis resolved COUCHDB-1042.
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    Resolution: Fixed

Shipped. Updated NEWS, CHANGES, and INSTALL while I was at it.

> make libcurl a soft (optional) dependency
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>                 Key: COUCHDB-1042
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1042
>             Project: CouchDB
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Build System
>    Affects Versions: 1.0.1
>            Reporter: Randall Leeds
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 1.2, 2.0
>
>         Attachments: 0001-make-cURL-an-optional-dependency.patch, curl_as_soft_dep.patch, curl_as_soft_dep_v2.patch
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> CouchDB currently uses libcurl only in couchjs to expose HTTP client functions to the JavaScript environment. This functionality is used by the JavaScript unit tests. For idempotent views it is discouraged to perform I/O in a view function. Therefore, I propose that libcurl be made an optional dependency, automatically detected at build time, and a flag added to couchjs so it can be explicitly enabled in the unit tests (but disabled, by default, for the query server).

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