Re: apt and multiple connections
Michael S. Fischer wrote:
> This brings up a good point for the Woody installer--it would be
> extremely helpful if for an FTP installation the installer would query
> a central site (e.g. ftp.debian.org) similar to CPAN's "MIRRORED_BY"
> file and obtain a list of current mirrors from which the software can
> be downloaded. The installer could then sort by country and provide a
> list of mirrors sorted by round-trip time (maybe even use a bit of
> bing(8)'s code to find the remote site with the best bandwidth).
But this introduces a single point of failure -- you have to be able to
connect to ftp.debian.org
In base-config, I simply included the Mirrors.masterlist file, and
processed that at install time. No single point of failure, although if
a mirror goes away, there may be a dead item on the menu. That could
easily be solved by doing some kind of ping, although I have not put
anything like that in base-config yet.
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see shy jo
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