On Sun, 6 Sep 2020 at 15:58, Matthias Bläsing <[email protected]> wrote: > > Of course, modify your IDE to use the URL > > to the > > selected mirror instead of the default randomly distributing URL. > > > this is not a good idea, unless you fully trust the mirror operator. > The updates.xml.gz _must_ be downloaded from apache infrastructure via > a https connection.
Incidentally, this is also not a good idea because you'll never receive any updates at all! The updates.xml on the mirrors is fixed at release. The one we serve to the IDE has the relevant updated modules spliced in. Best wishes, Neil --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
