[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #25738: WP_HTTP uses transports that incorrectly claim to support a request

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#25738: WP_HTTP uses transports that incorrectly claim to support a request
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 Reporter:  dd32          |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  3.8
Component:  HTTP          |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |
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Comment (by rmccue):

 Replying to [comment:10 dd32]:
 > I have been considering for a while of changing the order to Streams
 first for all connections.

 See also comment:2 ;)

 > Streams also has the benefit that it's supposably better at non-blocking
 connections (well, it doesn't block the connection for long..).
 > It may also mean that we start getting more bug reports for it, and we
 realise it's not as reliable as we previously believed (although I find
 this unlikely).

 cURL has a fairly large install base, and the advantage of handling more
 in C gives us better performance. Adding parallel request support would
 help with this, but I don't think anyone has proposed that yet.

 > Changing the order has implications elsewhere though, as a result, I
 wouldn't want to change the order unless we also added a parameter to try
 both transports before failing (ie. for Update-related stuff), which I
 think would be good regardless.

 I'm not sure special-casing it is a good idea; more options = worse.

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