Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 15:31:31 +0100 From: "N.J. Mann" <njm@njm.me.uk> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, Jun Kuriyama <kuriyama@FreeBSD.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r317847 - head/security/gnupg Message-ID: <20130511143131.GF94348@titania.njm.me.uk> In-Reply-To: <20130511142412.GA37923@FreeBSD.org> References: <201305110138.r4B1cgUq049566@svn.freebsd.org> <20130511075928.GA94348@titania.njm.me.uk> <20130511134617.GD94348@titania.njm.me.uk> <20130511142412.GA37923@FreeBSD.org>
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In message <20130511142412.GA37923@FreeBSD.org>, Alexey Dokuchaev (danfe@FreeBSD.org) wrote: > On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 02:46:17PM +0100, N.J. Mann wrote: > > Perhaps FTP sites should be listed before HTTP ones when both exist. > > Please don't. FTP is brain-damaged protocol, and though it is still works > fine for distributing out large collections of files, it is definitely not > as good as HTTP for distfile fetching. > > Those folks behind all sorts of weird firewalls call tell you more about > how much PITA ftp:// URLs can get. I've never had problems with FTP, but I do understand you point of view. Perhaps the 'make fetch' should check the size of the download and try the next site if it is wrong? Cheers, Nick. --
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