Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 6/9] imap-send: enable user to choose between libcurl and openssl using the config

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 09:25:20 -0700

Phillip Wood <[email-masked]> writes:

> I'm wondering why anyone would want to switch the backend at run-time?
> There has been talk in the past about removing the openssl code [1]
> and just relying on the curl backend. I think that is a worthwhile
> goal as it simplifies the code and means we would avoid having to
> worry about whether we're using openssl correctly [2].

Excellent point.  Is there a downside if we only do imap via cURL
library and lose the code that directly use OpenSSL?