[webkit-dev] WebKitGtk network backend

[Brent Fulgham]

Hi,

On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Gustavo Noronha Silva <gns at gnome.org> wrote:
>> The "Redistributable" WebKit on Windows currently uses the cURL
>> backend.  I am fully in favor of switching to libSoup for this
>> platform as well, if it is known to work properly on Windows.
>>
> I'm not sure the "redistributable" windows port needs to switch to
> libsoup. Only the GTK+ port on Windows would switch, by the current
> proposal, and curl can be specialized even more to work for the wx and
> windows ports, since GTK+ would no longer use it.

After talking with Kevin on IRC, we will continue with the cURL
back-end for the wx and "Redistributable" ports of WebKit.

Thanks,

-Brent