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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