We started to use https since a2, it's mentioned here: http://blog.getfirebug.com/2010/09/10/firebug-1-7a2/
The reason behind was simplifying the build process, which doesn't require generation digital signature now. Honza On Oct 7, 8:11 am, HelderMagalhaes <helder.magalh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I've stumbled across a curious fact: the version 1.7.x update RDF [1] > uses HTTP for the XPI package download link, whereas all the previous > versions (update.rdf, that is) seem to use HTTP. > > I've crawled the discussion group and the bug tracker and couldn't > find anything related. Any special reason behind that? If not, I'd > suggest getting back to HTTP for coherence and I see no advantage in > performing the download with the extra (SSL) overhead, although I > admit using HTTPS has helped me working around proxy issues at work in > the past (not that this is supposed to happen, I guess it was due to > broken or too restrict network environment configurations). > > Cheers, > Helder > > [1]http://getfirebug.com/releases/firebug/1.7X/update.rdf -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To post to this group, send email to fire...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to firebug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en.
