On Thursday 14 May 2015 10:20:23 Brian wrote: > 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.
It must have been very near the bottom. Last perhaps? I read through the list until I got to the one I wanted, which was very near the bottom. But I probably didn't read the one or two below it. Still, if it is there, it would be good if it were the default. I always avoid the actual default because it is so slow! But the only way to learn that is the hard way. > > 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. Good point. If the redirector is not permanently available, what is the point of it? One is surely better off with a fast, near, high availability mirror? I suppose the answer is that newer mirrors might be even faster. But it might be worth having the redirector as default. (And I did look at the default, so I am sure that it wasn't.) Lisi -- 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/201505141042.12815.lisi.re...@gmail.com
