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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:289837 Archived-At: On 17.05.2022 05:50, Po Lu wrote: >> As I said, I don't want to use that name, because it implies more >> comprehensive support for curl than I intend to provide in the >> library. As well, there are other packages that provide a front end >> to curl. > Then how about "external-http-client"? That says it is a client for > HTTP using an external program, but doesn't mention curl by name. > Since the bikeshed is in full swing: IMHO both 'curl' and 'external-http-client' are not great options because using curl (or any external lib or program) to accomplish the goal is a means to an end, or perhaps even a downside of this package, rather than its end goal (which is, I'm guessing, to provide a nicer and reliable API for making HTTP requests).