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Re: apt: http vs. ftp?



On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Chris Kenrick wrote:

> itself is less for http.  This makes me curious .. why would a hypertext
> transfer protocol have less overhead on file transfers for one designed
> for transferring files? 

Because the design goals of FTP were never to have a low cost file
connection?

If makes perfect sense really. How many files does your average web
browser fetch?

Jason



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