From owner-freebsd-java Tue Aug 11 08:03:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA14405 for freebsd-java-outgoing; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 08:03:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (sri-gw.MT.net [206.127.105.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA14223; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 08:02:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA28187; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:01:40 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id JAA06280; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:01:39 -0600 Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:01:39 -0600 Message-Id: <199808111501.JAA06280@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Martin Cracauer Cc: Nate Williams , Wolfram Schneider , java@FreeBSD.ORG, jordan@FreeBSD.ORG, dg@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Moving java files from web server to ftp server In-Reply-To: <19980811152841.B5770@cons.org> References: <199808071902.VAA21066@campa.panke.de> <199808072048.OAA21096@mt.sri.com> <19980811152841.B5770@cons.org> X-Mailer: VM 6.29 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > > Some *.tar.gz files are > > > very large, 5-12MB each. HTTP is the wrong protocol for transfering > > > large data, e.g. it does not support the 'reget' function. Can we move > > > the large files to the FTP server ftp.freebsd.org? > > > > A number of folks have been asking for this, but I'm in no position to > > give out ftp access to myself on wcarchive. David? Still no respone from David.... > Is there any reason to get the plain tarfile over the package built > from the port? The tarfile is updated more often than the port, and the WWW page also has the JRE, which is re-distributable on CD. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message