Re: [cpp-netlib-devel] Cpp-netlib Comments

[Nelson, E. - 2 <eri...@ba...>]

Matt Trentini wrote:

> But have you considered making HTTPS an opt-in feature instead?  So
> you'd have to define BOOST_NETWORK_HTTPS to *allow* HTTPS connections.

> I'm not of a strong opinion either way but, in particular, I suspect
> that the most common complaint we'll face from devs new to cpp-netlib
> is that "the code doesn't compile" because they didn't know to add a
> #define or a dependency to OpenSSL.

+1 from me.  OpenSSL might be installed by default on every GNU/Linux
box, but it's not installed at all on most Windows C++ development
machines.  Our hello_world programs should "just work", in my opinion.

Erik