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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

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