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What protocol (HTTP or FTP?) to use for the package manager?
Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 1:40 am
by Tsuroerusu
I was just curious, what protocol do you guys use in your package manager configurations (sources.list, smart, yum or what have you), and why?
HTTP or FTP?
Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 3:06 am
by Wally Balljacker
Ubuntu is pointing to the default HTTP repositories, and since Debian asked me what I wanted to use, I went with FTP for no particular reason. Does anyone know if one provides any advantage over the other?
Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 10:51 am
by snarkout
The two things I hear the most often in these sorts of discussions are that ftp is more robust, and has better error checking/recovery while http is faster, and almost certainly not blocked on most networks (campuses, work lans, etc). Many networks block ftp traffic. I tend to use ftp if I have a choice.
Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 11:15 am
by Judland
Same here.
Re: What protocol (HTTP or FTP?) to use for the package mana
Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 9:57 am
by Gomer_X
Tsuroerusu wrote:I was just curious, what protocol do you guys use in your package manager configurations (sources.list, smart, yum or what have you), and why?
HTTP or FTP?
I use whatever is already in the default config files. I haven't had to manually add or configure repositories since FC3. Yum automatically picks a mirror from a list.
Re: What protocol (HTTP or FTP?) to use for the package mana
Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 11:33 am
by shopRatt
Gomer_X wrote:Tsuroerusu wrote:I was just curious, what protocol do you guys use in your package manager configurations (sources.list, smart, yum or what have you), and why?
HTTP or FTP?
I use whatever is already in the default config files.
I agree with Gomer_X. If I have to make a choice, I use ftp because it is more robust, and we used it all the time in school.