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           Summary: need a way to specify the preffered dl_handler when more
                    are available
           Product: Sorcery
           Version: 1.15.x
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: subroutines
        AssignedTo: sm-sorcery-bugs AT lists.ibiblio.org
        ReportedBy: jakakranjc AT email.si
OtherBugsDependingO 1777,9474
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We need a way to specify the preffered dl_handler if more are available. Now 
the url handlers have it hardcoded.

Andrew suggested using a config variable. curl and aria2 (see linked bugs) 
can 
both completely replace wget and the rest of the handlers probably won't get 
alternatives, so I think just one unscalable variable should do. The url_http 
bucketize functions would then echo that instead.
Then there'd be a submenu in sorcery->features to select which one to use for 
http(s)/ftp. Something like:
What do you want to use to download from http/https/ftp urls?
 0 wget (default)
 1 aria2
 2 curl

Or to solve it more generally, the menu could contain a (hardcoded) list of 
all 
the url prefixes that can have different dl_handlers and each item would ask 
you for what dl_handler to use for it. Something like:
What do you want to use to download from:
 0 http
   -> clicking would invoke the previously mentioned menu
 1 https
 2 ftp
(... ...
 n ...)

The choice would be stored in a variable ${prefix}_DL_HANDLER (p.e. 
HTTP_DL_HANDLER) and the url*_bucketize functions could then be removed.

We also need to at least print a warning about casting the spells that 
provide 
the dl_handler program, since only wget is in the basesystem.

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