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+HTTP/2 with curl
+================
+
+[HTTP/2 Spec](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7540.txt)
+[http2 explained](http://daniel.haxx.se/http2/)
+
+Build prerequisites
+-------------------
+  - nghttp2
+  - OpenSSL, NSS, GnutTLS or PolarSSL with a new enough version
+
+[nghttp2](https://nghttp2.org/)
+-------------------------------
+
+libcurl uses this 3rd party library for the low level protocol handling
+parts. The reason for this is that HTTP/2 is much more complex at that layer
+than HTTP/1.1 (which we implement on our own) and that nghttp2 is an already
+existing and well functional library.
+
+We require at least version 1.0.0.
+
+Over an http:// URL
+-------------------
+
+If `CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION` is set to `CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0`, libcurl will
+include an upgrade header in the initial request to the host to allow
+upgrading to HTTP/2.
+
+Possibly we can later introduce an option that will cause libcurl to fail if
+not possible to upgrade. Possibly we introduce an option that makes libcurl
+use HTTP/2 at once over http://
+
+Over an https:// URL
+--------------------
+
+If `CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION` is set to `CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0`, libcurl will use
+ALPN (or NPN) to negotiate which protocol to continue with. Possibly introduce
+an option that will cause libcurl to fail if not possible to use HTTP/2.
+Consider options to explicitly disable ALPN and/or NPN.
+
+ALPN is the TLS extension that HTTP/2 is expected to use. The NPN extension is
+for a similar purpose, was made prior to ALPN and is used for SPDY so early
+HTTP/2 servers are implemented using NPN before ALPN support is widespread.
+
+SSL libs
+--------
+
+The challenge is the ALPN and NPN support and all our different SSL
+backends. You may need a fairly updated SSL library version for it to
+provide the necessary TLS features. Right now we support:
+
+  - OpenSSL:  ALPN and NPN
+  - NSS:      ALPN and NPN
+  - GnuTLS:   ALPN
+  - PolarSSL: ALPN
+
+Multiplexing
+------------
+
+Starting in 7.43.0, libcurl fully supports HTTP/2 multiplexing, which is the
+term for doing multiple independent transfers over the same physical TCP
+connection.
+
+To take advantage of multiplexing, you need to use the multi interface and set
+`CURLMOPT_PIPELINING` to `CURLPIPE_MULTIPLEX`. With that bit set, libcurl will
+attempt to re-use existing HTTP/2 connections and just add a new stream over
+that when doing subsequent parallel requests.
+
+While libcurl sets up a connection to a HTTP server there is a period during
+which it doesn't know if it can pipeline or do multiplexing and if you add new
+transfers in that period, libcurl will default to start new connections for
+those transfers. With the new option `CURLOPT_PIPEWAIT` (added in 7.43.0), you
+can ask that a transfer should rather wait and see in case there's a
+connection for the same host in progress that might end up being possible to
+multiplex on. It favours keeping the number of connections low to the cost of
+slightly longer time to first byte transferred.
+
+Applications
+------------
+
+We hide HTTP/2's binary nature and convert received HTTP/2 traffic to headers
+in HTTP 1.1 style. This allows applications to work unmodified.
+
+curl tool
+---------
+
+curl offers the `--http2` command line option to enable use of HTTP/2
+
+HTTP Alternative Services
+-------------------------
+
+Alt-Svc is a suggested extension with a corresponding frame (ALTSVC) in HTTP/2
+that tells the client about an alternative "route" to the same content for the
+same origin server that you get the response from. A browser or long-living
+client can use that hint to create a new connection asynchronously.  For
+libcurl, we may introduce a way to bring such clues to the applicaton and/or
+let a subsequent request use the alternate route
+automatically. [Spec](https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-alt-svc-05)
+
+TODO
+----
+
+  - Provide API to set priorities / dependencies of individual streams
+
+  - Implement "prior-knowledge" HTTP/2 connecitons over clear text so that
+    curl can connect with HTTP/2 at once without 1.1+Upgrade.
+