Bug 227989

Summary:	/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.sites.mk please remove lagacy ftp scheme for fetching
Product:	Ports & Packages	Reporter:	p5B2EA84B3
Component:	Ports Framework	Assignee:	Port Management Team <portmgr>
Status:	Closed Not Accepted
Severity:	Affects Only Me	CC:	meta, ports-bugs
Priority:	---	Flags:	p5B2EA84B3: maintainer-feedback?
Version:	Latest
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description p5B2EA84B3 2018-05-05 09:30:16 UTC

FTP is old legacy stuff. Please use http or better https schemes where possible for fetching from master sites..

Fetching ftp://ftp.master.site fails often because ftp has become a no go for most, while fetch http://ftp.master.site works every time, and it has to be done all the time manually when ftp://ftp failes. 

So please review Mk/bsd.sites.mk for a better user experience.

Comment 1 Koichiro Iwao freebsd_committer

2018-11-27 05:24:20 UTC

This is a ports framework issue.

Comment 2 Mathieu Arnold freebsd_committer

2018-11-27 09:45:48 UTC

While being old, fetching from ftp works just fine.
Feel free to submit patches for ftp sites that do not answer.