Re: apt: http vs. ftp?
Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
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> On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Ray Percival wrote:
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> > That would be backwards ftp is faster but sometimes it is easier to get
> > http through a proxy and with some proxies it would be possible that
> > http might be faster.
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> Er, no it isn't. http is faster and better in all cases where there is not
> a proxy involved.
why would http be faster? how much faster you mean? and what makes it
better? AFAIK they are about equally good/fast for purpose of file
transfer...
erik
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