Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2022 17:03:52 +0000 From: tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] Deprecation of the ftp support in pkg Message-ID: <Ye2KeGWVOnwLZNOR@ceres.zyxst.net> In-Reply-To: <20220120142519.a5juoe75oppmnyby@aniel.nours.eu> References: <20220120142519.a5juoe75oppmnyby@aniel.nours.eu>
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--DOIcX25qxl99gtZw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 whi= ch >cannot be fixed by switching to any other supported protocols like ssh or = http, >please do share. ssh & https are slower through low-powered devices than unencrypted protocols.=20 It may be easy enough for me to change protocols but that might not=20 be the same for everyone. Why remove a still widely-used protocol=20 that an update method (i.e. pkg) uses? --=20 J. --DOIcX25qxl99gtZw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEE8n3tWhxW11Ccvv9/s8o7QhFzNAUFAmHtimsACgkQs8o7QhFz NAVHZg/+PGMesYPOSWMatBvY7i4qHOro6gYsitl3KyYtmqdCf1Xl2gm75SBqmwGI 2Da0VjQcym1aNaOaiWvM7WQMS6FJoICbbFU9h2/cLqwbSo7OQwIuJYdm7iQdEuDk eB7lmt+8a58SNuH+JqsI0Oqy53ziTN2dr3TqPsb84K2b5Ey9KCW8CdFJaZ5kxa+j RMBCtHK5Mid5pinVcKpPqy9JD1jFL7ReHOZHU5e/c2betV2ixUADkmmrFYPPS2AD 6Yr6NanoZ7FR28weeMBQCLlQzJ2xfobus6Av5PUkGsAQUw5pXcduB3oJpfTRYiov kpdUykCkyixAvLwb8BH2DwOOzhmif+PQmRPniBdzJSfd95etdwirwZGZjrP3+FG8 ObKpl6NtPLXwXwNYQGp2cR3QBRkjOoj8JZXp0gueiiKXbVdbcY2AZ7BtgfT95z9w iEC+xZvdaUu5ia1LWdjwMufouOYFwgd7G2bXWcUvfLu2zj5JnpJhudxU8jq0/lOK +yUOvD2E/2i/3nRKKvZHVRy6HNgAGiJm/PBw915SrVCWwJc6YFgeIcCfIhilKuO+ w+pAzNzf4nEclgqImL08P5l/HK+oFyTXxLDZRe0lQOSC2XxXuqnCjhKZ6gCc0iG/ qzWD3ByONgLID2j1Rp3Wd2ziEAn/d344x4VLMsomrJAybbASc5Q= =4Rcw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --DOIcX25qxl99gtZw--
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