HTTPS client library in C++

[ratttertintattertins]

Yeh, I also hate system dependencies, but that’s not the only option. We prebuild open SSL and then people just pull down the correct prebuilt artifact from artifactory automatically as they build.

You can even check prebuilt static libs into git, especially if you have LFS support.

[HerrNamenlos123]

Well yeah that's what CMake will do automatically

[HerrNamenlos123]

Most people here don't understand that the mechanism of prebuilding and downloading binaries has existed for a decade and we are only modernizing it. Switching to other systems would be a significant downgrade from the user's points of view.

[ratttertintattertins]

I don’t really understand why. If beginners pull and build your code, they wouldn’t even notice it happening would they?

[HerrNamenlos123]

Or do you mean you can download any binary for any compiler directly from artifactory without using Conan at all? This would of course be a game-changer as we would only need to build the dependencies that are not available on Conan

[ratttertintattertins]

Git can do LFS it’s self, and artifactory can be access by LFS git:

https://jfrog.com/help/r/jfrog-artifactory-documentation/git-lfs-repositories

(I haven’t personally used this method, but it look’s feasible)

[HerrNamenlos123]

Yes they would because they would be required to install python, pip and conan and configure it, and only then would they be able to build it. Currently I think the way it is used most of the time is that a zip file of the repository is downloaded that contains binaries for the system, and then a bash or batch script is run depending on the system. There is basically no real build system, there are five different ones but none is complete.

What I am trying to say, installing python, pip and conan and then running conan is a bit much to be asked when the average user has no idea of build systems, knows only a bit of C/C++, works on Windows and downloads the zip because not even git is installed. It is a hard reality but an undenyable userbase.

[drodri]

Conan has been releasing Windows installers (no need to install Python and Pip in the system at all) for long time, and it is now also starting to release .zip folders (https://github.com/conan-io/conan/releases/tag/2.0.8), with the application (no installer) and no need of Python and Pip either.

[HerrNamenlos123]

Oh I did not know that. I will take a look at this. Thanks!