Floyd Anderson posted on Thu, 07 Sep 2017 03:13:45 +0200 as excerpted:

>>+# To use, an ebuild could contain a line like:
>>+# AMD64_URI=http//linktothearchspecificpatch
> 
> Even it’s just a comment:
> 
>     # AMD64_URI="http://link-to-the-arch-specific-patch";
> 
> looks friendlier to my eyes. However at least the colon after the scheme
> should be given.

...  And please, even in examples, use https://, to encourage the at 
least somewhat better security than plain http.

(While https may not be particularly resistant to state-level actors able 
to lean on CAs, it should hopefully at least resist the trivial stuff 
like insecure wifi and ISP content-insertion games.)

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and if you use the program, he is your master."  Richard Stallman


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