Bug#748471: ITP: erlang-lhttpc -- lightweight HTTP/1.1 client implemented in Erlang

[Philipp Huebner <debalance@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Philipp Huebner <debalance@debian.org>

* Package name    : erlang-lhttpc
  Version         : 1.3.0
  Upstream Author : Erlang Training and Consulting Ltd.
* URL             : https://github.com/esl/lhttpc/
* License         : BSD 3-Clause
  Programming Lang: Erlang
  Description     : lightweight HTTP/1.1 client implemented in Erlang

 lhttpc is a lightweight HTTP/1.1 client implemented in Erlang,
 developed at Erlang Training and Consulting Ltd.
 .
 Features:
  * Persistent connections (configurable timeout)
  * HTTP / HTTPS (ssl) support
  * HTTP versions < 1.1 should be supported
 .
 Pipelining will probably never be supported...
 .
 Limitations
  * No support for "streaming" the response body
  * No support for SSL options, such as client certificates
  * The client can't follow redirects
  * It's not possible to limit the number of outgoing connections
  * No proper support for Except: 100-continue behaviour


This is another one of of the optionl (build-)dependencies for current
ejabberd releases. It is the last one, after this the set is complete.