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Bug#393033: marked as done (Should use shorter time out when trying security mirror)

Your message dated Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:45:21 +0100
with message-id <200701311145.21479.elendil@planet.nl>
and subject line Bug#393033: Should use shorter time out when trying security mirror
has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done.

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Package: debian-installer
Version: etch beta3

debian-installer naturally tries to connect to security.debian.org
but I have a few issues with the current implementation:

the connection timeout is too long

a user should be able to specify - beforehand in expert mode and
as a fallback in non-expert mode:
- either an alternative security.debian.org repository which is
accessible without additional proxy settings (yes there are
LANs where the net-admin allows port 21 out but not 80 out)
- or a ftp/http proxy for a 2nd try

ideally, the user would be able to specify local mirror or ftp-accessed
repos (apt-cacher, apt-proxy, ftp.<TLD>.debian.org, etc.) for main
and security network install/update in the installer.

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Version: 1:0.17

Closing. Upload was not an NMU.

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