Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 11:11:53 +0800 From: Marcelo Araujo <araujobsdport@gmail.com> To: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> Cc: Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org>, Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@freebsd.org>, Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Deprecating ftpd in the FreeBSD base system? Message-ID: <CAOfEmZi%2BT6BZAbQd9w7V%2B-GfMcKdktkB0SjzM%2BvY-BwA-DiU8g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <202009171555.08HFtQlB010471@slippy.cwsent.com> References: <CAH7qZfu6UjA_Vaebsv4D6SDqzEGCKyUPFV2qoqo7ks95328tAw@mail.gmail.com> <451538DE-9427-4584-987B-8E4AA26C2981@freebsd.org> <202009171555.08HFtQlB010471@slippy.cwsent.com>
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On Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 11:55 PM Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> wrote: > In message <451538DE-9427-4584-987B-8E4AA26C2981@freebsd.org>, Daniel > Eischen w > rites: > > > > > > > On Sep 17, 2020, at 11:20 AM, Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@freebsd.org> > wrote: > > > > > > =C3=AF=C2=BB=C2=BFRe: removing HTTP client please no!!! The current d= rive to "outlaw" > HTTP > > > coming from companies who see all world via web browser. Totally > ignoring > > > the fact that HTTP !=3D HTTPS in particular in cases where reliabilit= y > and > > > lower complexity of the system takes precedence over on-the-wire > protocol > > > security. For example, many internal APIs of AWS EC2 are HTTP. > > > > Agree. And remember the mantra: tools, not policy. > > Since there are so many I'll pick this email to reply to. > > libfetch should be designed to call plugins. An https plugin, http plugin= , > ftp plugin, sftp plugin, and so on. New protocols are added as needed, > preferably to ports before they are mainstream. Old protocols are removed > and moved to ports. People who still need to use old protocols can instal= l > the port which plugs into libfetch. When a protocol becomes stale it's > forgotten, no longer maintained and simply disappears into the ether. > Thinking in this way, very soon we need to remove TCP, UDP, IP and the list growing, they are all stale. > Given that pkgbase will become a reality at some point the line between > base and ports will blur. I expect at some point some of what we see in > base to simply become ports. As a developer of both base and ports, ports > are much easier to maintain than importing into base. > > That's my vision. > > > -- > Cheers, > Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> > FreeBSD UNIX: <cy@FreeBSD.org> Web: https://FreeBSD.org > NTP: <cy@nwtime.org> Web: https://nwtime.org > > The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " >
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