symfony/symfony-standard — pull request #269 by nethead (2012-02-13 10:28:12+00:00)
Title: change protocol of deps repositories, http -> https

Is there any reason for using http instead od https ? Github always gives repository url with https.

It would be nothing wrong with this for me but today i headed problem with executing php bin/vendors install with success.

Github seems to block cloning of symfony repository (while "php bin/vendors install") after about ~35%
Then you are blacklisted for github and cloning through http is not possible anymore. Tested on 3 different ips.

They are trying to prevent DDoS attacks.
see: https://status.github.com/