On 8/10/19 12:48 PM, Björn Persson wrote:
Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> On 8/10/19 4:12 AM, Björn Persson wrote:
>> Rafal Luzynski wrote:
>>> 9.08.2019 22:10 Jerry James <loganjerry(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Source:
https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
>>>
>>> Do we need to change ftp to https?
>>
>> That's the wrong question to ask. The right question is: What reason is
>> there to choose an insecure protocol when HTTPS is available?
>
> I'm confused by this... https is already being used, it is just the
> hostname that is 'ftp'.
When I posted, gettext.spec in the master branch still said:
Source:
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/%{name}-%{tarversion}.tar.xz
Alright, I was going from the quoted text.
The spec that Jerry James posted changed the URI scheme to https,
which
is the right thing to do. That change is now also in Git.
Sure, 100% agree.
kevin