Midnight Commander does not support FTPS (FTP over TLS/SSL)

[Norbert]

Steps to reproduce:
1. Launch Midnight Commander
2. Try to connect to the ftps:// server

Expected results:
* Midnight Commander is able to connect to FTPS server.

Actual results:
* Cannot chdir to "/ftp://ftps://user@server"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: mc 3:4.8.11-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-137.186-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-137-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.27
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sat Jan 6 21:57:20 2018
SourcePackage: mc
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Norbert (nrbrtx)]

Same on 16.04 LTS, 17.04, 17.10 and 18.04 LTS.

[Yury V. Zaytsev (zyv)]

Why reporting stuff like that in Ubuntu bug tracker as a package bug?! It's an upstream feature request.

[Norbert (nrbrtx)]

This bug notes that problem exists, nothing more. It's ofcourse upstream.

[Yury V. Zaytsev (zyv)]

The reason why I'm asking is that noting that the "problem" exists here in Ubuntu bug tracker as a package bug seems to be an act of questionable usefulness to me.

I'm (as an upstream developer) subscribed to Ubuntu package bug mail to try to get distro-specific / packaging / unforwarded bugs on our radar, and it doesn't help me to get duplicate reports which have already been forwarded upstream. Otherwise, nobody from Ubuntu has looked into this stuff for a decade and helped upstream out, so I'm not holding my breath to see this happening anytime soon.

Therefore, I would prefer if this tracker was used to track package bugs and not to duplicate upstream feature requests.

[Norbert (nrbrtx)]

I understood you, Yury.
Thanks a lot for your efforts on Midnight Commander. It is great program for daily use. It stays stable, fast and reliable.

I'm sorry, so I mark this bug as Invalid.

[Yury V. Zaytsev (zyv)]

No problem, you're welcome and thanks!