Created attachment 205621 [details] patch Add HTTPS link to MASTER_SITES
Please add a few words of discussion or motivation why we should do this. We have checksums, but that argument goes either way, either (a) we don't need HTTPS, or - opposite argument - (b) if we add untrusted sites, we'll still trust the tarball if the checksum matches.
A commit references this bug: Author: mandree Date: Tue Jul 9 21:44:31 UTC 2019 New revision: 506319 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/506319 Log: Switch db5/db6 to download from Oracle's https:// sites. The http:// sites issue 301-type redirects to https:// so we can spare everyone the roundtrip. Inspired by... PR: 239084 Submitted by: Miyashita Touka Changes: head/databases/db5/Makefile head/databases/db6/Makefile
Comment on attachment 205621 [details] patch In fact, Oracle offer the files by https:// as well and redirects from http:// to https://. I have committed a change tracking that, so this one isn't needed.