What protocol (HTTP or FTP?) to use for the package manager?

[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?

[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?

[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.

[Judland]

Same here.

[Gomer_X]

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.

[shopRatt]

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.