Package: choose-mirror
Version: 2.18
Severity: wishlist
Hi!
I had though about this for quite some time now, but it was not doable
securely before the introduction of apt-key...
Use cases:
* Lunar frequently reinstall computers from his network
(.tanneries.taz) where there is a local Debian mirror/apt-proxy.
Now that he had set up a debian.tanneries.taz host, he does not even
need to enter the hostname manually during the installation.
* A LUG is having an "install party". Instead of having to hack the
whole DNS system to make a better use of the bandwidth, they just
give the name "debian.<localdomain>" to their local mirror before the
party and... job's done.
Maybe a static host is not the best option, and introducing
zeroconf/mdns would be better. But I would really like to have a way to
automatically select a mirror or proxy on the local network...
I know that it can be done through preseeding, using DHCP, but that
sound too much like overulling for the install party use case...
What do you think?
Cheers,
--
Jérémy Bobbio .''`.
lunar@debian.org : :Ⓐ : # apt-get install anarchism
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