Bug#900384: Re: Bug#900384: mirror submission for mirror.as29550.net

[Peter Palfrader]

On Fri, 08 Jun 2018, AS44574 Hostmaster wrote:

> Due to the way our mirror box is setup, such a change is not easy and may 
> cause other issues.
> 
> It might be worth changing the wording at https://www.debian.org/mirror/submit

Done, thanks.

> https://www.debian.org/mirror/ftpmirror also makes the comment that it is 
> recommended but not compulsory.
> 
> As users are likely to get the list via apt feeds, it should largely be a 
> non-issue, no?

Users usually change mirrors by editing their sources.list file.  Thus,
just having to change only the hostname is a clear win.

Cheers,
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Bug#900384: Re: Bug#900384: mirror submission for mirror.as29550.net

[AS44574 Hostmaster]

Hi,

Due to the way our mirror box is setup, such a change is not easy and may cause 
other issues.

It might be worth changing the wording at https://www.debian.org/mirror/submit 
in that case instead of saying "strongly recommend", make the field 
non-editable and put wording that it must be used as locking a form to a 
specific directory name but then only putting strongly recommend seem at odds 
with each other. The wording implying choice, the form not giving it.

https://www.debian.org/mirror/ftpmirror also makes the comment that it is 
recommended but not compulsory.

As users are likely to get the list via apt feeds, it should largely be a 
non-issue, no?

Matt
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