[tldistro] TL ftp server requires authentication?

[texlive at schoepfer.info]

> I've just noticed that the FTP server where we (OpenBSD) get our
> tarballs from (ftp://tug.org/historic/systems/texlive/) is now
> (sometimes?) requiring authentication. This prevents the ports tree from
> fetching the distfiles.
>
> Is that deliberate? I had a brief look on the lists to see if it had
> been announced, but didn't see anything...

See https://www.tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2016-October/039395.html