Closed
Bug 83439
Opened 23 years ago
Closed 23 years ago
Installer should default to HTTP downloads
Categories
(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
VERIFIED
WONTFIX
People
(Reporter: bugzilla, Assigned: ssu0262)
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656 bytes,
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Since there are fewer problems with HTTP downloads than FTP downloads the installer should default to HTTP download and not as current FTP download. Fx my firewall doesn't allow FTP downloads.
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Comment 1•23 years ago
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Updated•23 years ago
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in my experience, http downloads unreliable and definately slower. There is also bug 35956.
Just because it works best for one person does not mean it is the best as a default. That's why it is an option. I agree with R.K. http is slower and not necessarily as reliable. The main reason to use ftp as the default is because it handles large files better than http. bug 35956 looks like it refers to necko. The networking lib in the installer is a different code base and does not automatically gunzip .gz files.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Comment 5•23 years ago
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Hello, you say in your comment that "[...]The main reason to use ftp as the default is because it handles large files better than http." Why? HTTP knows a sophisticated technique Partial Content (as seen on RFC 2616 and used by RealDownload, Go!Zilla etc.) and IMHO in combination with ETags it should handle large files very well... or did I miss something?
Comment 6•23 years ago
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The server guys insist that ftp puts much less strain on the servers than http, which becomes an issue every milestone when thousands of people try to grab the files at once.
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Comment 8•22 years ago
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according to bonsai: "updating installer to use http instead of ftp for downloading xpi files, does not affect build, bugscape 16662, kysmith checking in as cltbld" why? It's cool that it now defaults to HTTP, but why the suddent change?
Updated•20 years ago
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Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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