Re: [RFC] Some updates to the installation guide (2nd round)
Hi,
On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 01:28:55PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> On Monday 25 August 2008, Jérémy Bobbio wrote:
> > More updates attached. More reviews welcome.
>
> Same deal.
>
> Cheers,
> FJP
>
> +++ b/manual/en/install-methods/downloading-files.xml
> +Using the <classname>apt-spy</classname> package on an already installed
> +Debian system can also help you in finding the fastest mirror available.
>
> FJP: I'd tried apt-spy before and did again a few days ago and must say
> I'm not impressed. Getting it to do anything at all is not trivial.
> I had serious trouble finding that the "suite" option is required
> (would have been much better if that was a parameter instead).
> It segfaults if you give an option that needs a parameter without
> the parameter. It's not clear whether you should give a country
> name or code.
> But most of all, if I try it for NL, *only* ftp.nl.d.o is tried,
> which is rather useless.
>
> My conclusion is that it is *not* a tool for newbies. And especially
> for areas where you'd need it most you'd probably need to provide the
> list of mirrors to test manually.
>
> I personally would not mention it in the installation guide.
I agree. I used to mention in debian-reference but my experience with
apt-spy was mixed one. Besides, some mirror are auto
ass/usr/bin/defoma-font reregister-allined. So such test
may not provide consistent result.
I also recomment not to mention it. It is just waiste of bandwidth
anyway. Chose b common sense and location is the best way.
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