Arduino IDE and ESP problem

Sudenlly today my Arduino IDE does not compile any sketch for ESP8266.
I tried to re-download ESP boards and i get:

Error downloading https://dl.espressif.com/dl/package_esp32_index.json
Warning: file /Users/yannis/Library/Arduino15/packages/esp8266/tools/python3/3.7.2-post1/python3 links to an absolute path /usr/local/bin/python3

I use MAC OS Mojave 10.14.6

It is quite common for the ESP sites to be glitchy.

Usually clears up within 48 hours.

Bob.

Thank you Bob.
So i think that i will have to wait.

Either that or find an alternate URL.

I remove all esp8266 files from arduino15 folder and load from boards manager the esp8266 byy esp8266 community version 2.5.2 and everything works fine.
As many times as i tried to upadate the boards to version 2.6.0 i get the same error that it is in my first post.
I will stay with this version till they fix it.
Thanks for your help.
Yannis

ballscrewbob:
Either that or find an alternate URL.

This is interesting.
Can you please tell me for any alternate URL?
Thanks.
Yannis

I often start with GITHUB to look for alternate firmwares etc.

If I don't see what I want then google comes next

A slightly more specific source may be google again with new search parameters.

Bob.

ballscrewbob:
I often start with GITHUB to look for alternate firmwares etc.

If I don't see what I want then google comes next

A slightly more specific source may be google again with new search parameters.

Bob.

Thank you Bob.