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Re: Curl might not be decompressing the body if the server sends it compressed without being asked to do so

From: Alex Bligh <alex_at_alex.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 23:24:21 +0100

On 1 Jul 2016, at 21:53, Dan Fandrich <dan_at_coneharvesters.com> wrote:

> If I want to download a compressed tarball (for example) I don't want curl
> uncompressing it behind my back without my asking for it. If I do want it
> uncompressed, I'll give it the --compressed option. There may be an argument to
> make --compressed the default so a tarball download would need --no-compressed
> to be given, but that's a pretty big compatibility break.

+1. Please don't change this.

-- 
Alex Bligh
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Received on 2016-07-02