Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2022 17:32:26 +0800 From: Li-Wen Hsu <lwhsu@freebsd.org> To: tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] Deprecation of the ftp support in pkg Message-ID: <CAKBkRUyufyy-tvE2MKPZJ_yyhxet-K3S%2BDJzYqZdBmTS-xqrQg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <Yex3RV8zqHqgizCk@ceres.zyxst.net> References: <20220120142519.a5juoe75oppmnyby@aniel.nours.eu> <Yex3RV8zqHqgizCk@ceres.zyxst.net>
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On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 5:30 AM tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 03:25:19PM +0100, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > >Hello everyone, > > > >We plan to remove the support for fetching packages over ftp for the next > >releases of pkg (probably 1.18) if you have a strong reason to use ftp which > >cannot be fixed by switching to any other supported protocols like ssh or http, > >please do share. > > Hi, > > Some places (jurastictions or companies) might not allow ssh. > Others might not allow https. > > With variety there is choice. Is ftp a great overhead? If this is due to security considerations, I don't think a place disallowing ssh and https would allow plain ftp. If it is because they don't like encrypted connections, I suggest using plain http in this case. Best, Li-Wen
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