Dear Debian People, I have written a new package called apt-sources. Essentially, the purpose of this package is to generate a sources.list (/etc/apt) using the closest servers to the host it is being run on. It can either use a list of servers in a file (in URL format, ie. ftp:// or http://), or it will query debian.org and download an updated mirrors file, parse the HTML out and use that. The scoring program it uses is Netselect, however it is not a dependency. I have embedded the Netselect source code in the program, seeing as how I am only using it utilizing certain options, it seemed optimal that I would incorperate the source code and take out any extra code that may be slowing the program down. Future modifications will possibly be adding in BING support to test bandwidth, but as I am not totally fluent with the Netselect source code yet, it may take a little while to incorperate as well. I have never developed a package for Debian before, or Linux for that matter. I am, however, a very experienced programmer in Windows and DOS, so please don't consider me a rookie as far as that is concerned. :) I have looked up the requirements for becoming a Debian developer, and it seems very long and complicated. I know I require to get my GPG key signed, and have no idea who to get to sign it. I think I need a sponser, and also have no idea who to get for it. The author of APT seemed uninterested in this package, as did the author of Netselect, however most people that I explain the usage of the package too are right on. If you'd like the package source-code and feel like helping a newbie Debian developer out, please contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED], I keep this e-mail strictly for mailing list e-mails, as it can get quite busy sometimes. The package is distributed under the BSD license. Thank you for reading this huge e-mail, I hope to get some support soon. - Danny Rodriguez -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]