On Tue, 12 Nov 2019, Janne Blomqvist wrote: > Convert the download_prerequisites script to use http instead of > ftp. This works better with firewalls, proxies, and so on. It's also > faster, a quick test on my system before patch:
Plus common web browsers are starting to deprecate and actually remove support for the FTP protocol. Thank you for making this change, and I've made some associated changes to our web pages, too, this week. If you see any further ones, let's proceed. > Question: Should we in fact use https? I haven't used it since > download_prerequisites checks that the sha512/md5 matches the > ones in the GCC tree, but maybe there are reasons? I don't see a strong case for https over http in this context, but would not be opposed either. Gerald
