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bug#46482: [core-updates] u-boot source cannot be downloaded
From: |
Leo Famulari |
Subject: |
bug#46482: [core-updates] u-boot source cannot be downloaded |
Date: |
Sat, 13 Feb 2021 14:12:13 -0500 |
On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 07:34:09PM +0100, Bengt Richter wrote:
> I would prefer something that fits in with mes-philosopy.
> ftp seems old and simple, so I would vote for push-back
> to fix the ftp client involved.
FTP is more complicated than HTTP in that it requires the use of
multiple connections. Additionally, it's often blocked on corporate
networks, whereas HTTP/S is never going to be blocked (HTTPS anyways).
Based on experience in Guix, we have never had bug reports from users
who could not access sources over HTTP/S, but there have been several
reports of problems using FTP. The HTTP/S ports 80 and 443 are basically
the only ports you can depend on being open on a network that is
connected to the internet.
The creator of curl compares them here:
https://daniel.haxx.se/docs/ftp-vs-http.html