[p2-dev] Confirming that p2 can retrieve artifacts with ftp protocol?

[David M Williams <david_williams@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm hoping to get a quick confirmation
that p2 can use either ftp:// or http:// to retrieve artifacts. 

And I don't mean "in theory",
but I mean what should "we" use in our mirrorsURL attribute?


Such as 

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/eclipse/updates/3.6/R-3.6.2-201102101200&format=xml

versus 

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/eclipse/updates/3.6/R-3.6.2-201102101200&format=xml&protocol=http

I have a memory of long ago being told
"... doesn't use ftp, so just as well restrict to http mirrors only".
But, I'm wondering ... am I remembering the old updateManager? 

I've poked around, and see the platform
does _not_ restrict to http only, and some old forum post that say something
like "p2 uses ECF so its what ever ECF supports so ftp should be ok".


So, before I change the mirrors URL
in our common repository, I wanted some expert advise or confirmation from
this list? 

Thank you,