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Bug#439267: Post-install sources.list should contain commented-out generic URIs



reassign 439267 apt-setup
thanks

On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 07:46:18PM +0100, Chris Lamb wrote:
> If installing via CD or DVD, the sources.list post-installation should
> contain the generic APT URIs commented-out. For example:
> 
>  #deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main
>  #deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main
> 
>  deb <cdrom installation source here>
> 
> This would help users to quickly enable internet-based sources if required.
> 
> It would be particularly useful to users of graphical APT tools (such as
> Synaptic, etc.) where enabling a previously disabled source is trivial
> compared to the apparent complexity of constructing a source URI from scratch.

Sounds like a good idea to me.

Although it would probably be better to have a more local mirror than
ftp.debian.org used, probably by using the country selected by the user
at the beginning of the installation...

Cheers,
-- 
Jérémy Bobbio                        .''`. 
lunar@debian.org                    : :Ⓐ  :  # apt-get install anarchism
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