Package: metar Version: 20050103.1-2 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch HTTP, for various reasons, usually incurs a *lot* lower latency for setting up the connection than FTP. The difference is dramatic for me: with FTP, 1.6 to 4.4 sec; with HTTP, 0.16 to 0.18 sec.
--- metar-20050103.1/src/metar.h~ 2004-12-28 11:56:21.000000000 -0600 +++ metar-20050103.1/src/metar.h 2005-04-05 01:28:31.000000000 -0500 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ #define METAR_MAXSIZE 512 /* where to fetch reports */ -#define METARURL "ftp://weather.noaa.gov/data/observations/metar/stations"; +#define METARURL "http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations"; /* clouds */ typedef struct {
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