From owner-freebsd-java Tue Aug 11 09:12:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA27823 for freebsd-java-outgoing; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:12:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from implode.root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA27813; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:12:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA08448; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:12:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199808111612.JAA08448@implode.root.com> To: Nate Williams cc: Martin Cracauer , Wolfram Schneider , java@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Moving java files from web server to ftp server In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:01:39 MDT." <199808111501.JAA06280@mt.sri.com> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:12:17 -0700 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.... Jordan already said that he thought it sounded like a good idea. I didn't see a need to respond after that. In any case, I don't have a problem with moving the stuff to wcarchive. -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message