I can also support having apt's sources.list be something like this: # Something about this being sources.list and pointin you at # sources.list(5) for info on its format # # The general outline of an entry for http: # deb http://your.server/mirror release dist dist ....
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable main I would be happy with that. # Mention that these things below here aren't part of Debian and if the # user wants them they'll have to uncomment them. #deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable contrib non-free #deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable contrib non-free I'm slightly unhappy with that, but I wouldn't make a big issue about a mere comment.