Re: [HEADSUP] Deprecation of the ftp support in pkg

Reply: Li-Wen Hsu : "Re: [HEADSUP] Deprecation of the ftp support in pkg"
In reply to: Baptiste Daroussin : "[HEADSUP] Deprecation of the ftp support in pkg"
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Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2022 21:29:41 UTC

On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 03:25:19PM +0100, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>
>We plan to remove the support for fetching packages over ftp for the next
>releases of pkg (probably 1.18) if you have a strong reason to use ftp which
>cannot be fixed by switching to any other supported protocols like ssh or http,
>please do share.

Hi,

Some places (jurastictions or companies) might not allow ssh.
Others might not allow https.

With variety there is choice. Is ftp a great overhead?

-- 
J.