Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:01:39 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Wolfram Schneider <wosch@panke.de.freebsd.org>, java@FreeBSD.ORG, jordan@FreeBSD.ORG, dg@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Moving java files from web server to ftp server Message-ID: <199808111501.JAA06280@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <19980811152841.B5770@cons.org> References: <199808071902.VAA21066@campa.panke.de> <199808072048.OAA21096@mt.sri.com> <19980811152841.B5770@cons.org>
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> > > 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
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