Re: PR 43133 should be closed

[Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>]

    Date:        Fri, 27 Feb 2026 13:06:58 -0500 (EST)
    From:        Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>
    Message-ID:  <202602271806.NAA05711%Stone.Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>

  | So, there may be a client-side bug involved (if the client ignores the
  | parenthetical note) or a server-side bug (if not).  I'd have to snoop
  | the protocol to be certain.

The issue I'm seeing is that the server simply defaults to being in
BINARY mode, without the client requesting that, which I think is not
in compliance with the RFC (but it has been decades now since I looked
at the FTP RFCs), and what's more, I don't recall any method by which
the client can ascertain which mode the server is in.

Further, it almost certainly avoids lots of user errors by defaulting
to binary mode (far fewer "the file I fetched is corrupt" messages),
so I'm not sure it is a bad decision - especially as it now always
sends LIST results in ASCII mode (who'd ever want EBCDIC any more?)
even when BINARY mode has been explicitly requested.

Right now I see nothing needing fixing (or not in this area).

kre