makerbot/ReplicatorG — pull request #276 by gaelenh (2012-04-26 21:39:08+00:00)
Title: Force https firmware urls to http

Not sure if this affected all version or just Mac, but to reproduce, put in a firmware update url starting with https (like https://dl.dropbox.com/u/88233/3G5DShield/3G-5D-firmware.xml). RepG will no longer start. The user won't be able to launch the app to change it back and the preference is hidden in the global java preference file, so removing/reinstalling the app won't fix it either. Instead, just convert it to http and throw up a log message.

There is probably a better way to handle https properly, but I haven't written java in years and this seems like a acceptable fix.