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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? 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 05 Jan 1998 17:57:17 +0100."
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Date: Mon, 05 Jan 1998 16:27:15 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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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."