From: "onefang" ; Sent: Friday, January 31, 2025 10:20:48 AM:
> The documentation for setting up a Devuan package mirror says to let
> me know if your mirror is using HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, or rsync. I suspect
> those last two are not actually needed. I want to get rid of them.
>
> Apt doesn't look like it supports rsync at all, so no idea why that's
> in there.
>
> FTP on the other hand is deprecated and disabled by default in apt, at
> least on Daedalus. If you try it you get an error message telling you
> you really should use HTTP or HTTPS instead.
>
> During the recent rsync oopsie, where the latest version broke stuff,
> I left sledjhamr's rsync turned off, waiting for the dust to settle.
> A couple of the other package mirrors rsync to sledjhamr, though we
> prefer they do so to pkgmaster. Seems to be the only usage of rsync
> on my server.
>
> FTP is also only running to serve Devuan packages.
>
> I want to turn both off, seems pointless. And I also want to remove
> FTP and rsync from the package mirror instructions.
>
> Is anybody actually using them for apt? Same question for downloading
> ISOs since I run a mirror of that ta.
>
> BTW there is apt-transport packages for a few other protocols, mostly
> obscure ones I had never heard of. Doesn't seem much point in
> supporting those with our package mirrors. Tor might be useful
> though.

I would tend to think that the 'devuan-dev' mailing list would be more
appropriate for this discussion.

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