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Date:      Sat, 11 May 2013 16:09:04 +0100
From:      Chris Rees <crees@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, Jun Kuriyama <kuriyama@freebsd.org>,  "ports-committers@freebsd.org" <ports-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org,  "svn-ports-head@freebsd.org" <svn-ports-head@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r317847 - head/security/gnupg
Message-ID:  <CADLo83_D_vvSBWo1_GSP3gKwOhd09EHvzZB%2BkDjPAgko=o475g@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20130511143131.GF94348@titania.njm.me.uk>
References:  <201305110138.r4B1cgUq049566@svn.freebsd.org> <20130511075928.GA94348@titania.njm.me.uk> <20130511134617.GD94348@titania.njm.me.uk> <20130511142412.GA37923@FreeBSD.org> <20130511143131.GF94348@titania.njm.me.uk>

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On 11 May 2013 15:31, N.J. Mann <njm@njm.me.uk> wrote:
> 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?
>

Hmm, not sure I'd like that with the SF based ports-- they have a
zillion MASTER_SITES.

If upstream has messed with the distfile I'd prefer to find out before
I download it ten times from Venezuela :)

Chris



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