Source: choose-mirror Version: 2.111 Severity: wishlist Dear developers,
Debian Installer connects to security.debian.org to download security updates during installation by default. Connection to security.debian.org is very slow from where I live (mainland China), and the download takes about two hours unless I choose expert install and disable security updates. I understand using security.debian.org directly in sources.list by default has its advantages, but I think new users will be frustrated at this because the default installer iso on the Debian website is netinst, and (if I recall correctly) the slow download will take place even if you use a DVD iso with default priority and a machine connected to the Internet. So perhaps we can prompt the user with the pros and cons of using security.debian.org and let the user choose from a list of security archive mirrors before downloading packages. Best regards, Wenbin Lv -- System Information: Debian Release: bookworm/sid APT prefers stable-security APT policy: (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 5.16.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=zh_CN:zh Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled