On Sunday 10 September 2006 17:51, Christian Perrier wrote: > Quoting Robert Millan (rmh@aybabtu.com): > > I think it'd be nice if IP location would be used to check user input > > from country chooser. The main advantage is that "auto" installs get > > the right mirror selected. > > > > My proposal is to get the iplocation data as soon as we have network, > > then check it against user input and if different ask the user wether > > to replace its old country selection (default to yes so that "auto" > > activates it). > > Who will maintain the reference table? > > Does this *really* answer to a need or do we believe that users are > unable to know where they're located? I agree with these questions and also feel that this is a feature that should not be considered before the release of Etch. The installer is effectively frozen for non-essential changes. Feel free to submit a wishlist bugreport with the patch so it can be revisited after the release of Etch. Note that a somewhat similar (possibly wilder) idea floating around for the graphical installer is to allow users to click their country on a map (which should be fun for relatively small countries and with ever changing borders in some parts of the world ;-) Cheers, FJP
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