Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 08:20:16 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> To: Stefan Bethke <stefan@promo.de> Cc: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de>, www@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portindex Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970425081841.10134L-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> In-Reply-To: <l03010d01af8655e659dd@[194.45.188.81]>
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On Fri, 25 Apr 1997, Stefan Bethke wrote: > At 14:33 Uhr +0200 25.04.1997, Wolfram Schneider wrote: > >The 'portindex' script should make HTTP links to the Long description > >file. A ftp connection for a short single file is an overkill and > >slow. > > I always wanted that. Is this a problem for anyone (mirrors)? It already is in the sense that they should be getting these descriptions from a nearby mirror, but I don't see it as making the problem any worse. I'll also admit that I wasn't aware you could get at the stuff on wcarchive through http! This is a good change. -john
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