Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 15:04:58 +0000 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: "Simon L. B. Nielsen" <simon@qxnitro.org> Cc: "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Using http mirrors Message-ID: <CADLo8398gQ3bhi--Jas5UEP-kKJKVKsJ4zzY2oyLvQSpKx6kOA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAC8HS2Ew8ACXVp_BShxbA=ktCk6VDsXf-ds2gMsgam=0MwMNDQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CADLo83_3VK6z-kXL2wrL0dMm=TTex58e5P8htHpPtvt2%2BKyZ=A@mail.gmail.com> <CAC8HS2Ew8ACXVp_BShxbA=ktCk6VDsXf-ds2gMsgam=0MwMNDQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 6 January 2013 12:13, Simon L. B. Nielsen <simon@qxnitro.org> wrote: > On 5 January 2013 11:14, Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> The submitter of ports/174427 tells me that using http for mirrors is >> faster, due to the lack of authentication etc. >> >> I'm not convinced that the speed difference is huge, but can anyone >> think of any reasons not to apply this patch? It will affect large >> numbers of ports. >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=174427 > > Please apply this. HTTP is a generally saner protocols, especially for > people behind firewalls. Thanks, committed. Chris
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