curl 5.0.0 is on CRAN A new major version of the curl package has been released to CRAN. This release both brings internal improvements as well as new user-facing functionality, in particular with respect to concurrent downloads. From the NEWS file: curl 5.0.0 - New function multi_download() which supports concurrent downloads and resuming download for large files, while giving detailed progress information. - Windows: updated libcurl to 7.84.0 + nghttp2 - Windows: default to CURLSSLOPT_NATIVE_CA when using openssl unless an ennvar with CURL_CA_BUNDLE is …