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Curl based HTTP/WebDAV UCP

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 Stahl, Michael

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Curl based HTTP/WebDAV UCP
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How we deleted lots of code
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LibreOffice uses Universal Content Providers to access files via various protocols. Due to accidents of history, LibreOffice contained 2 different UCPs for WebDav and HTTP, one based on neon and the other on Apache Serf, each with different bugs and bugfixes. For LibreOffice 7.3, thanks to a tender from The Document Foundation, we have replaced both of them with a new UCP based on libcurl, which is designed to meet all currently known requirements, and is able to use the operating system's TLS stack on Windows and macOS.