FTP links on the website

[Thibaut Cuvelier]

On Mon, 27 Sept 2021 at 15:15, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <lasgouttes at lyx.org>
wrote:

> Le 27/09/2021 à 13:10, Thibaut Cuvelier a écrit :
> > Dear list,
> >
> > Recently, the major browsers stopped supporting FTP links. I don't like
> > the change, but there's nothing I can do about it…
> >
> > The problem is that the LyX website still has one FTP link that could be
> > replaced with the equivalent HTTP link, on https://www.lyx.org/Download
> > <https://www.lyx.org/Download>.
> >
> > Section 8, link on " Pre-releases <ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/>"
> >  From ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/ <ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/
> >
> > To http://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/ <http://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/>
>
> I did that. Unfortunately I cannot put https (which would not make much
> of a difference anyway) because, like for our list, this is just a DNS
> entry for a site (ftp.lip6.fr) which is not ours. I do not think we can
> do something about it).
>
> > Also, some mirrors only have FTP links: maybe these should be indicated
> > as such? They don't work properly in HTTP…
> > Universidad de Chile
> > UCSD
>
> Shall I remove them? We could get rid of all ftp references.
>

As long as they are working and reasonably up to date, I don't see why they
should be removed: maybe, in some places in the world, these are the only
available proxies, or the only ones with some bandwidth, or any other
reason. (For instance, Qt is a nightmare to install in some places —
including France, in some cases! — because they don't allow you to change
your mirror in the installer.)
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