Package: choose-mirror Severity: wishlist Quoting Andree Leidenfrost mail to -boot:
Dear d-i developers I noticed that you are discussing ways to bring down the number of configuration screens during the install process. Here's my 2 cents contribution: I would like to propose the use of apt-spy to automatically determine the fastest source for network installs. This has been discussed on debian-boot before in July 2001. Maybe the time has finally come... ;-) The -a option should be used to recycle location information collected before for the timezone. (I volunteer for the boring task of writing the mapping table if someone else does the exciting task of specifying the format. ;-) e.g. timezone: Australia -> apt-spy: Oceania.) apt-spy appears to be in good shape, no bugs, only wishlist items. I use it, and it works well. Install methods 'http' and 'ftp' should then be consolidated into one install method 'Internet' (apt-spy will notice if one or the other is not available, e.g. firewall), bringing the number of choices to be made down by one. Choices under the former installation methods 'ftp' and 'http' would be obsolete in the first place. I've done some testing to figure out how long it would take. I've used apt-spy -a Oceania -t [15s (default), 10s, 5s] with pretty much identical outcome, so 5s is probably fine. Here are the results: -t 15: 6:35 minutes -t 10: 3:45 minutes -t 05: 2:00 minutes Note that this could go down if apt-spy's areas would match the timezone areas. Note also that this was measured via cable modem. However, as it is _time_ based, I would assume it to be pretty much the same for analog modem. Best regards Andree PS: Please, cc me in replies as I'm not currently on the list. -- Andree Leidenfrost Sydney - Australia -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (400, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.1 Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (ignored: LC_ALL set to fr_FR.UTF-8) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
