On Thursday, March 3, 2022 7:07:34 AM CET Ralf Corsépius wrote: > Am 24.02.22 um 19:35 schrieb Daniel P. Berrangé: > > > On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 07:16:26PM +0100, Ralf Corsépius wrote: > > > > > If someone is setting up a personal private mirror, I struggle > > to understand a reason why they would pick FTP over HTTP(S) > > today. > > Because an ftp server is much lighter and much easier to maintain than a > fat httpd-server? > > > > Perhaps someone will have a FTP only mirror that's > > existed for years and simply haven't got around to enabling > > HTTP, but addressing that is not an unreasonable expectation. > > > Almost. E.g. I am using a LAN-wide (anonymous-only) ftp server, I set up > a long time ago and rarely touched since then. > > Using httpd-server would simply be overkill for this use-case. > > > > IMHO explicitly disabling FTP in dnf would be fine, as any fallout > > could be easily dealt with by enabling HTTP. Just ensure we announce > > such intent ahead of time via a Fedora feature proposal. > > I don't agree. Not using a protocol on public dnf-servers is on thing, > but removing the "ftp" protocol everywhere is just silly fanatism, IMHO. > > Ralf The FTP protocol is still included in libcurl-minimal, so the protocol is not going to disappear with the proposed F37 change. On the other hand, it may happen that FTP will be unavailable by default in a year or two. Kamil _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
