Date: Mon, 05 Jan 1998 17:57:17 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Time to retire fetch? Message-ID: <309.884019437@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 05 Jan 1998 10:09:42 EST." <199801051509.KAA23284@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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In message <199801051509.KAA23284@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, Garrett Wollman write s: ><<On Mon, 05 Jan 1998 02:03:56 -0800, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.co >m> said: > >> I just noticed that FTP in -current now supports http:// style >> fetches, a feature which seems to have crept in under my nose during >> the sync with NetBSD's ftp client. For once I agree with Garrett (this has become a disturbing trend lately, I must be getting older or something... :-). Ftp is named after the protocol it implements, and it should that way... Fetch is more open for interpretation. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."
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