Package: installation-guide Severity: normal Tags: d-i patch
The present "6.3.5.1.3. Choosing a network mirror" at https://www.debian.org/releases/testing/i386/install.txt.en has four paragraphs. Each paragraph is treated separately in what follows and the proposals are based on #797340, #907704 and the daily i386 testing netinst for 2018-11-09. Paragraph 1 ----------- Split into two for readability. There should probably be a link to deb.debian.org. ======================= Patch begins ======================================= If you have selected to use a network mirror during the installation (optional for CD/DVD/USB installs, required for netboot images), you will be presented with a list of geographically nearby (and therefore hopefully fast) network mirrors based upon your country selection earlier in the installation process. Choosing the offered default is usually fine. The offered default is deb.debian.org, which does not have packages itself, but the name has SRV records in the DNS that lets apt find places that do, and then apt is redirected to an up-to-date and (hopefully) fast host. Note that this mirror also supports TLS and is under the umbrella of the Debian System Administration (DSA) team. ======================= Patch ends ========================================= Paragraph 2 ----------- There isn't any facility to specify a mirror by hand. This paragraph is redundant if this is intentional. Paragraph 3 ----------- I don't know anything about IPv6. If deb.debian.org is IPv6-capable it could be mentioned in the second half of the first paragraph. ======================= Patch begins ======================================= The offered default is deb.debian.org, which does not have packages itself, but the name has SRV records in the DNS that lets apt find places that do, and then apt is redirected to an up-to-date and (hopefully) fast host. Note that this mirror also supports TLS and takes into account the protocol you connect to it with (if you use IPv6, it will refer you to an IPv6-capable mirror). deb.debian.org is under the umbrella of the Debian System Administration (DSA) team. ======================= Patch ends ======================================= Paragraph 4 ----------- Appears to be redundant. Regards, Brian.
