On Thu, 12 Nov 2020 at 22:35, Bruce Dubbs via lfs-dev <lfs-dev@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> wrote: > > When LFS was originally developed, a single URL was deemed sufficient. > When BLFS was started we wanted an ftp URL because LFS had an ftp > client, but we also wanted to offer http access. > > Over the years, upstream has changed and sometimes the ftp servers were > dropped or http access added. > > In addition, we have also created tools for things like currency checks > and automated building that depend on the current formats. Changing > these tools would be a lot more work than just the appearance of the pages. > > What we have now works and honestly benefit of the suggested changes > does not justify the effort required. > > -- Bruce
Understood. Thanks for taking the time to explain. Kevin -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
