svn commit: r317847 - head/security/gnupg

[N.J. Mann]

In message <20130511142412.GA37923 at FreeBSD.org>,
	Alexey Dokuchaev (danfe at 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?


Cheers,
       Nick.
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