Patrick Häcker <pat_h@web.de> (2014-07-21): > Package: debian-installer > Severity: wishlist > Tags: d-i l10n > > Dear Maintainer, > > it would be nice, if Debian installer would support GeoIP to use default > values where appropriate. See > http://henrich-on-debian.blogspot.de/2014/07/geoip-support-for-installer-is-really.html > for an example. > > This would probably change the required order of the installer steps. But as > a start, it would probably be enough to check if a DHCP enabled network > interface is available and use GeoIP only then. Otherwise the normal steps > should be executed. > > Kind regards > Patrick I don't think we're going to set up networking without asking, let alone contacting some service on the internets to figure out what country the user might be in. I'm happy to hear what other d-i developers have to say about this though. Mraw, KiBi.
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