Anton Shepelev wrote:
> > The ftp protocol is slowly fading away. Still, we provide > > the Vim sources through ftp. > > Anonymous FTP is great. It means I can download software > without a bloated browser that updates once a week. And it > does not force me to upgrade my software, then the OS, then > the PC, simply to keep abrest with the constant development > of new protocols and APIs. I can access FTP archives with > the same software that I used twenty years ago, which will > continue to work in another twenty years. A stable > data-exchage protocol is a blessing. > > > I would like someone to take the current list, remove the > > links that no longer work, and find more https links. > > Many https: links no longer work for me in Windows XP. Is > there any reason for providing public software via HTTPS? > > Anyway, please keep the FTP and HTTP mirrors, in addition > to the HTTPS ones. Nothing is going away, we just cleaned up the list and put https and http first, because that's what most people prefer to use. Quite a few people prefer the secure connection, but it indeed has many more dependencies. -- hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: 111. You and your friends get together regularly on IRC, even though all of you live in the same city. /// Bram Moolenaar -- b...@moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/201908241724.x7OHOZoM031941%40masaka.moolenaar.net.