>If I'm reading net-fetch.c correctly, its call to 'wget' doesn't use passive
>ftp.  This will fail for people behind many firewalls.
>
>Shouldn't it use --passive-ftp by default?  AFAIK, turning it on should
>(virtually) never cause a problem, and will be a lot better on balance.

In practice I expect most people are using http anyway.  But yes, when
ftp is in use it seems reasonable enough to select passive mode.

p.



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