Bug#670972: debian-installer: include remote-repo URIs for offline installations in /etc/apt/sources.list
I agree with this suggestion. On my computers I can't do an online
installation at all. One of them lacks needed proprietary firmware,
while the other one is unable to connect, even if the essid is specified
manually.
Having the repositories commented out seems a sensible compromise
between enabling them on an offline machine and completely deleting
them. Perhaps a message during installation after "Do you want to use
a network mirror?" along the lines of "Add default repositories to your
sources.list?" is in order.
An alternate suggestion would be for apt-get to warn users on empty
'sources.list' and point them to 'man sources.list' where examples of
working repository urls can be found.
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