Bug#483957: apt-setup: Display a link to the authoritive list of mirrors in sources.list
Package: apt-setup Severity: wishlist In the case the mirror choosen by the user stops working, the user doesn't have any information about how to change it. A first answer to this problem should be adding such a line in the sources.list file generated by apt-setup during installation : # Reference list of Debian mirrors: http://www.debian.org/mirror/list Best regards, -- Simon Paillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Processed: Re: Bug#483957: apt-setup: Display a link to the authoritive list of mirrors in sources.list
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: clone 483957 -1 Bug#483957: apt-setup: Display a link to the authoritive list of mirrors in sources.list Bug 483957 cloned as bug 483967. reassign -1 apt Bug#483967: apt-setup: Display a link to the authoritive list of mirrors in sources.list Bug reassigned from package `apt-setup' to `apt'. retitle -1 apt: Include link to authoritative list of mirrors in sources.list man page Bug#483967: apt-setup: Display a link to the authoritive list of mirrors in sources.list Changed Bug title to `apt: Include link to authoritative list of mirrors in sources.list man page' from `apt-setup: Display a link to the authoritive list of mirrors in sources.list'. thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, Debian Bugs database) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#483957: apt-setup: Display a link to the authoritive list of mirrors in sources.list
clone 483957 -1 reassign -1 apt retitle -1 apt: Include link to authoritative list of mirrors in sources.list man page thanks On Sunday 01 June 2008, Simon Paillard wrote: In the case the mirror choosen by the user stops working, the user doesn't have any information about how to change it. A first answer to this problem should be adding such a line in the sources.list file generated by apt-setup during installation : # Reference list of Debian mirrors: http://www.debian.org/mirror/list IMO that info belongs in the SOURCES.LIST(5) man page, not in the file itself. One reason is that including it the sources.list file would mean that derived distributions would be stuck with documentation pointing to Debian mirrors while they might have their own. Of course, they could patch that, but avoiding distribution-specific information when possible is generally considered desirable. As the sources.list man page is rather Debian-specific already this is less of an issue there. Therefore cloning to apt. The most we could do in apt-setup is to include a reference to that manual page in the generated sources.list file, but consulting manpages should be the first step for finding info anyway, so that could be considered redundant. How do others feel about this? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]