Date: Mon, 05 Jan 1998 16:27:15 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Time to retire fetch? Message-ID: <28829.884046435@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 05 Jan 1998 17:57:17 %2B0100." <309.884019437@critter.freebsd.dk>
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Fair enough - I think the sentiments are clear. Fetch stays! Jordan > In message <199801051509.KAA23284@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, Garrett Wollman wri te > 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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