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, 

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