Let's use HTTPS to download the packages and thus avoid the necessity for MD5 sum checking.

#292920: Checksum Iframe contains the discussion so far about the issue (amidst other stuff).

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fletchgqc’s picture

I think this comment http://drupal.org/node/292920#comment-1011344 gives the basics.

kbahey’s picture

There has to be a check on function_exists('curl_init')) before this feature can be used/shown to the user.

The code can degrade gracefully, and go to the copy/paste method if it is not.

Anonymous’s picture

Status: Active » Postponed
Anonymous’s picture

Version: 6.x-1.x-dev » 6.x-2.x-dev
Priority: Normal » Critical
Status: Postponed » Active