bug#41663: 26.3; ffap-rfc-path requires a method for the latest version of tramp

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Paul Clark <paul500clark@gmail.com> writes:

> The default value of ffap-rfc-path, set in
> /usr/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/ffap.el.gz, is
> "/anonymous@ftp.rfc-editor.org:/in-notes/rfc%s.txt". The method part of
> remote file names is now mandatory in tramp (from Emacs 26.1 according
> to /usr/share/emacs/26.3/etc/NEWS). ffap-rfc-path needs to be changed to
> "/ftp:anonymous@ftp.rfc-editor.org:/in-notes/rfc%s.txt".

I can reproduce the bug in Emacs 28, but I think a better fix would be
to start using HTTPS instead of FTP here (since few systems have FTP
installed, these days).

So I've done that in Emacs 28.

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