On Thu 14 May 2015 at 00:24:19 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Thursday 14 May 2015 00:05:44 Brian wrote: > > > > To clarify my second comment: > > > > choose-mirror (2.62) unstable; urgency=medium > > * Update Mirrors.masterlist > > * This update includes adding httpredir.debian.org, which replaces > > http.debian.net using debian.org servers. > > > > -- Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:17:22 +0200 > > > > and > > > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2015/04/msg00008.html > > Oh, I can change it now, I know. And I may get round to doing so.
The quote and the link were given to indicate that httpredir is now part of configuring the package manager in the Jessie installer, not to suggest altering sources.list after the install. > But it wasn't offered during the installation - and one has to choose a > mirror > before it will move on. When a mirror country is chosen it includes httpredir.debian.org in the list of mirrors. Easily missed if one is not looking for it or its significance is not appreciated. > I think for Stretch they should just use the > redir > and not offer the others. It causes a delay in the installation while it > waits for the answer. (Not much, I hasten to add. The whole installation > before I added a DE took 15 minutes.) It's a tempting idea but there is always the possibility the redirector is not reachable in spite of high availabilty being designed into it. It wouldn't go down well if other mirrors were not offered to complete installation. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150514092023.gl3...@copernicus.demon.co.uk
