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

[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 
relying on this in 2025 so disabling it, and introducing a system 
property to allow, seems reasonable.

-Alan