Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:48:27 +0200
From:      des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" <almarrie@gmail.com>
Cc:        sac <sac@inf.in>, Wesley Shields <wxs@atarininja.org>, Curtis Vaughan <cavaughan@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Ports upgrade
Message-ID:  <86lkgxzzx0.fsf@dwp.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <499c70c0704112227p97a229fv2c6badb18ee61500@mail.gmail.com> (Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri's message of "Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:27:20 %2B0300")
References:  <2488F872-59CF-48DE-9297-5250B1C6EFB4@gmail.com> <e14997e00704110315j754187b9v4be1cdbeedebca86@mail.gmail.com> <20070411124201.GB83347@atarininja.org> <499c70c0704112227p97a229fv2c6badb18ee61500@mail.gmail.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
"Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" <almarrie@gmail.com> writes:
> May I ask you why do you prefer portsnap over them?

It's simpler to use, and a lot faster.  It's also HTTP-based, which
makes it firewall-friendly, even in braindead corporate environments.

DES
--=20
Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?86lkgxzzx0.fsf>