On 5 January 2013 11:14, Chris Rees <utis...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > The submitter of ports/174427 tells me that using http for mirrors is > faster, due to the lack of authentication etc. > > I'm not convinced that the speed difference is huge, but can anyone > think of any reasons not to apply this patch? It will affect large > numbers of ports. > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=174427
Please apply this. HTTP is a generally saner protocols, especially for people behind firewalls. -- Simon L. B. Nielsen _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"