Re: RFD: FTP fallback of the 'file:' URL scheme

2025-04-01 Thread Eirik Bjørsnøs
On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 8:34 AM Alan Bateman wrote: > I recall digging into this a long time ago and concluded that it's was > an interpretation of RFC 1738 section 3.10. I can't imagine anything > relying on this in 2025 so disabling it, and introducing a system > property to allow, seems reaso

Re: RFD: FTP fallback of the 'file:' URL scheme

2025-03-30 Thread Alan Bateman
On 29/03/2025 16:48, Eirik Bjørsnøs wrote: Hi, The long-standing FTP fallback feature supported by the 'file:' URL scheme handler seems dubious to me I recall digging into this a long time ago and concluded that it's was an interpretation of RFC 1738 section 3.10. I can't imagine anything r

RFD: FTP fallback of the 'file:' URL scheme

2025-03-29 Thread Eirik Bjørsnøs
Hi, The long-standing FTP fallback feature supported by the 'file:' URL scheme handler seems dubious to me: 1: It does not follow the principle of least surprise. At least for me, it's a reasonable expectation that a file: URL should only interact with files using only the file system. The curren