Re: [fpc-pascal] FTP support gone - switch to HTTP ?
On 18/05/2021 11:49 am, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal wrote: > I don't think we need to mention any specific clients (and why did your > list not include Filezilla? :P ) +1 on both counts. :-D Regards, Graeme ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] FTP support gone - switch to HTTP ?
On 2021-05-18 18:01, Bo Berglund via fpc-pascal wrote: On Tue, 18 May 2021 16:20:29 +0100, Henry Vermaak via fpc-pascal wrote: On Tue, 18 May 2021 at 11:50, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal wrote: I don't think we need to mention any specific clients (and why did your list not include Filezilla? :P ) Because FileZilla bundles adware when you download from the homepage? Would actually be good to warn _against_ using it. Henry Do you mean that when you use Filezilla to download a file you also get adware files transfered? Never ever seen that. I have used Filezilla successfully for many-many years and it works very well IMO. No, it was related to Filezilla installation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileZilla#Bundled_adware_issues). Please, stop discussing specific FTP clients on this list - if you want to continue, use fpc-other. Tomas (one of FPC mailing list administrators) ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] FTP support gone - switch to HTTP ?
On Tue, 18 May 2021 16:20:29 +0100, Henry Vermaak via fpc-pascal wrote: >On Tue, 18 May 2021 at 11:50, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal > wrote: > >> I don't think we need to mention any specific clients (and why did your list >> not include Filezilla? :P ) > >Because FileZilla bundles adware when you download from the homepage? >Would actually be good to warn _against_ using it. > >Henry Do you mean that when you use Filezilla to download a file you also get adware files transfered? Never ever seen that. I have used Filezilla successfully for many-many years and it works very well IMO. -- Bo Berglund Developer in Sweden ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] FTP support gone - switch to HTTP ?
On Tue, 18 May 2021 at 11:50, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal wrote: > I don't think we need to mention any specific clients (and why did your list > not include Filezilla? :P ) Because FileZilla bundles adware when you download from the homepage? Would actually be good to warn _against_ using it. Henry ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] FTP support gone - switch to HTTP ?
Tomas Hajny via fpc-pascal schrieb am Di., 18. Mai 2021, 11:44: > On 2021-05-18 10:38, Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal wrote: > > On Tue, 18 May 2021, Graeme Geldenhuys via fpc-pascal wrote: > > > >> > >> On 17/05/2021 3:13 pm, Karoly Balogh via fpc-pascal wrote: > >>> I'd actually keep > >>> FTP enabled, as it doesn't hurt anything and it's still a thing for > >>> retro > >>> downloads. > >> > >> Not just "retro" but a more efficient and faster protocol for file > >> downloads. > >> Unfortunately the whole world is going HTTP crazy and thinks > >> everything should > >> go over it, including the kitchen sink. > > > > I'm old enough to remember the time when I used the NCSA and netscape > > browsers > > with the Gopher protocol. Apparently it still exists, on about 300 > > sites :-) > > I'm old enough to remember that standalone Gopher clients existed well > before NCSA Mosaic. ;-) Fortunately, there's plenty of standalone FTP > clients including those with GUI add-ons, we can point out this fact in > our release communication as well. Out of those mentioned on the > respective Wikipedia page > (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_FTP_client_software), > WinSCP (MS Windows), gFTP (Linux) and Cyberduck (OSX and MS Windows) > might be worth mentioning (to cover the major platforms); possibly also > FAR Manager with its FTP plugin (MS Windows, Linux, *BSD, OSX) to extend > the coverage to *BSD as well (although that's rather TUI than GUI). > I don't think we need to mention any specific clients (and why did your list not include Filezilla? :P ) Regards, Sven > ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] FTP support gone - switch to HTTP ?
On 2021-05-18 10:38, Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal wrote: On Tue, 18 May 2021, Graeme Geldenhuys via fpc-pascal wrote: On 17/05/2021 3:13 pm, Karoly Balogh via fpc-pascal wrote: I'd actually keep FTP enabled, as it doesn't hurt anything and it's still a thing for retro downloads. Not just "retro" but a more efficient and faster protocol for file downloads. Unfortunately the whole world is going HTTP crazy and thinks everything should go over it, including the kitchen sink. I'm old enough to remember the time when I used the NCSA and netscape browsers with the Gopher protocol. Apparently it still exists, on about 300 sites :-) I'm old enough to remember that standalone Gopher clients existed well before NCSA Mosaic. ;-) Fortunately, there's plenty of standalone FTP clients including those with GUI add-ons, we can point out this fact in our release communication as well. Out of those mentioned on the respective Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_FTP_client_software), WinSCP (MS Windows), gFTP (Linux) and Cyberduck (OSX and MS Windows) might be worth mentioning (to cover the major platforms); possibly also FAR Manager with its FTP plugin (MS Windows, Linux, *BSD, OSX) to extend the coverage to *BSD as well (although that's rather TUI than GUI). Tomas ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] FTP support gone - switch to HTTP ?
On Tue, 18 May 2021, Graeme Geldenhuys via fpc-pascal wrote: On 17/05/2021 3:13 pm, Karoly Balogh via fpc-pascal wrote: I'd actually keep FTP enabled, as it doesn't hurt anything and it's still a thing for retro downloads. Not just "retro" but a more efficient and faster protocol for file downloads. Unfortunately the whole world is going HTTP crazy and thinks everything should go over it, including the kitchen sink. I'm old enough to remember the time when I used the NCSA and netscape browsers with the Gopher protocol. Apparently it still exists, on about 300 sites :-) Michael. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] FTP support gone - switch to HTTP ?
On 17/05/2021 3:13 pm, Karoly Balogh via fpc-pascal wrote: > I'd actually keep > FTP enabled, as it doesn't hurt anything and it's still a thing for retro > downloads. Not just "retro" but a more efficient and faster protocol for file downloads. Unfortunately the whole world is going HTTP crazy and thinks everything should go over it, including the kitchen sink. So yes, it would be nice if FTP access can still be left in place. Regards, Graeme ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] FTP support gone - switch to HTTP ?
On 5/17/21 9:57 AM, Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal wrote: I know that Firefox will follow suit really soon (if they haven't already). it has... in version 88.0.0 IIRC... -- NOTE: No off-list assistance is given without prior approval. *Please keep mailing list traffic on the list where it belongs!* ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] FTP support gone - switch to HTTP ?
Hi, On Mon, 17 May 2021, Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal wrote: > I know that Firefox will follow suit really soon (if they haven't already). > Since Edge now also uses Chromium, they will soon also have this disabled. > > This wil surely cause problems for many users. > > So I think we should start making the FTP server downloads available through > HTTP(s) > instead of FTP. I also think we should do this for 3.2.2. > (the pages are auto-generated from some base URLS, so this should not be a lot > of work) Agreed. This is something I wanted to raise already, but somehow it always fell between the cracks. > It should be sufficient to have a virtual host that points > to the ftp directory of the current FPC's ftp dir. > > Charlie, is this an option for you ? Certainly. See below. > If you want, I can create a new DNS: > > downloads.freepascal.org > > which you can then use to set up the virtual host. > I don't think HTTPS is a necessity, but if you prefer that is also good of > course... I think HTTPS is certainly a good practice in 2021, and it's easy to set up with LetsEncrypt. So that shouldn't be a problem. > When that is done, the links on the download page can be switched to http(s). Yes, this is something I wanted to do Real Soon Now(tm). I'd actually keep FTP enabled, as it doesn't hurt anything and it's still a thing for retro downloads. But I planned to also offer HTTP and HTTPS. The problem is, I also wanted to migrate away from the old FTP host machine in the meantime, as that had disk I/O errors... but I never finished setting up the new VM. I can attend to this this weekend. Is that too late for 3.2.2, and we need it earlier? Maybe I can squeeze it in during the week. Charlie ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] FTP support gone - switch to HTTP ?
Apologies, typed the wrong email alias. This was meant to go to the core list. The problem is real, though... Consider it a heads up :-) Michael. On Mon, 17 May 2021, Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal wrote: Hello, Mattias Gaertner pointed out that Chrome no longer supports FTP downloads. I know that Firefox will follow suit really soon (if they haven't already). Since Edge now also uses Chromium, they will soon also have this disabled. This wil surely cause problems for many users. So I think we should start making the FTP server downloads available through HTTP(s) instead of FTP. I also think we should do this for 3.2.2. (the pages are auto-generated from some base URLS, so this should not be a lot of work) It should be sufficient to have a virtual host that points to the ftp directory of the current FPC's ftp dir. Charlie, is this an option for you ? If you want, I can create a new DNS: downloads.freepascal.org which you can then use to set up the virtual host. I don't think HTTPS is a necessity, but if you prefer that is also good of course... When that is done, the links on the download page can be switched to http(s). Michael. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
[fpc-pascal] FTP support gone - switch to HTTP ?
Hello, Mattias Gaertner pointed out that Chrome no longer supports FTP downloads. I know that Firefox will follow suit really soon (if they haven't already). Since Edge now also uses Chromium, they will soon also have this disabled. This wil surely cause problems for many users. So I think we should start making the FTP server downloads available through HTTP(s) instead of FTP. I also think we should do this for 3.2.2. (the pages are auto-generated from some base URLS, so this should not be a lot of work) It should be sufficient to have a virtual host that points to the ftp directory of the current FPC's ftp dir. Charlie, is this an option for you ? If you want, I can create a new DNS: downloads.freepascal.org which you can then use to set up the virtual host. I don't think HTTPS is a necessity, but if you prefer that is also good of course... When that is done, the links on the download page can be switched to http(s). Michael. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
