We do not currently have a consensus for whether Serf or Neon should be the default http-client library for 1.7. See:
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/branches/1.7.x/STATUS In the interests of getting to consensus, I would like for committers to vote for their preference. I am not saying that the simple majority decision of this vote should become the default. I think it will simply be easier to come to a consensus if we all indicate where we stand on this issue. I think we are all aware of the pros/cons of each option. If you have remaining questions you want to ask or discussion points to raise, I would invite you to start a new thread to do so. My preference for the default http-client library in 1.7 is: [ ] Serf [ X ] Neon -- Thanks Mark Phippard http://markphip.blogspot.com/