On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 3:08 AM Laura Smith via xml <xml@gnome.org> wrote: > > Hi, > Would it be possible to see HTTP offered as a download option on the XMLSoft > website (http://www.xmlsoft.org/downloads.html) ? > > Two of the major browser manufacturers have already announced they have/will > be disabling FTP by default and will eventually remove FTP support altogether. > > Its not clear why there is no HTTP option offered already since pretty much > every other software repo in the world big and small offers it ?
Just my observations... The HTTP use case is pretty much dead. It was killed by the browsers in the Web Crypto working group several years ago. I recall Netflix trying to make the case for HTTP. HTTP for Netflix was a valid business use case. The Google folks just rolled over Netflix. Google wanted nothing to do with the use case. Command line tools, like cURL and Wget, support HTTP, but you are going to find hostility towards HTTP in the browsers. Jeff _______________________________________________ xml mailing list, project page http://xmlsoft.org/ xml@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/xml
