Re: [PATCH] Switch gcc ftp URL's to http

2021-04-03 Thread Gerald Pfeifer
Hi Jan, On Wed, 20 Nov 2019, Janne Blomqvist wrote: > On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 7:53 PM Joseph Myers wrote: >> This patch is OK with http changed to https. (That is, with it changed >> where the patch is already changing the URL. While changing http to https >> makes sense more generally in the d

Re: [PATCH] Switch gcc ftp URL's to http

2019-11-20 Thread Joseph Myers
On Wed, 20 Nov 2019, Janne Blomqvist wrote: > On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 7:53 PM Joseph Myers wrote: > > > > This patch is OK with http changed to https. (That is, with it changed > > where the patch is already changing the URL. While changing http to https > > makes sense more generally in the do

Re: [PATCH] Switch gcc ftp URL's to http

2019-11-20 Thread Janne Blomqvist
On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 7:53 PM Joseph Myers wrote: > > This patch is OK with http changed to https. (That is, with it changed > where the patch is already changing the URL. While changing http to https > makes sense more generally in the documentation whenever a site supports > https, that's pr

Re: [PATCH] Switch gcc ftp URL's to http

2019-11-20 Thread Joseph Myers
This patch is OK with http changed to https. (That is, with it changed where the patch is already changing the URL. While changing http to https makes sense more generally in the documentation whenever a site supports https, that's probably best not mixed with the move from ftp.) -- Joseph S

Re: [PATCH] Switch gcc ftp URL's to http

2019-11-20 Thread Janne Blomqvist
PING On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 11:05 PM Janne Blomqvist wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 10:41 PM Andrew Pinski wrote: > > > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 12:37 PM Janne Blomqvist > > wrote: > > > > > > The FTP protocol is getting long in the tooth, and we should emphasize > > > HTTP where that is

Re: [PATCH] Switch gcc ftp URL's to http

2019-11-13 Thread Joseph Myers
On Wed, 13 Nov 2019, Janne Blomqvist wrote: > For me, when I use my normal web browser (firefox), it does redirect > to https. But I'm using the "HTTPS everywhere" extension, so I'm not > sure if it's the extension that does it, or if the server redirects > me, or if it's some other web-security-t

Re: [PATCH] Switch gcc ftp URL's to http

2019-11-13 Thread Janne Blomqvist
On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 10:41 PM Andrew Pinski wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 12:37 PM Janne Blomqvist > wrote: > > > > The FTP protocol is getting long in the tooth, and we should emphasize > > HTTP where that is available. This patch changes various gcc.gnu.org > > URL's to instead use HTTP

Re: [PATCH] Switch gcc ftp URL's to http

2019-11-13 Thread Andrew Pinski
On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 12:37 PM Janne Blomqvist wrote: > > The FTP protocol is getting long in the tooth, and we should emphasize > HTTP where that is available. This patch changes various gcc.gnu.org > URL's to instead use HTTP. May I suggest you use https instead of http here? Because it will

[PATCH] Switch gcc ftp URL's to http

2019-11-13 Thread Janne Blomqvist
The FTP protocol is getting long in the tooth, and we should emphasize HTTP where that is available. This patch changes various gcc.gnu.org URL's to instead use HTTP. For instance, kernel.org shut down FTP access in 2017, with the explanation: - The protocol is inefficient and requires adding awk