svn commit: r317847 - head/security/gnupg

[Chris Rees]

On 11 May 2013 15:31, N.J. Mann <njm at njm.me.uk> wrote:
> 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?
>

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