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From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 15:04:58 +0000
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Subject: Re: Using http mirrors
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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