Re: Please add mirror in Hong Kong for choose-mirror

[Showfom <showfom@gmail.com>]

Hello,

I just tried the latest Debian 9.5 iso, there's no Hong Kong option
when choose mirror. Yes I think it should be the problem you said you
didn't update the choose-mirror for stable.

Thanks for your reply,
On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 3:59 AM Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Showfom <showfom@gmail.com> (2018-07-16):
> > The choose-mirror is not updated for more than one year, could you
> > please add mirrors in Hong Kong for choose-mirror?
> >
> > The following mirrors are available in Hong Kong:
> >
> > http://ftp.hk.debian.org/debian/
> > http://mirror.xtom.com.hk/debian/
> > http://mirror.rackspace.com/debian/
>
> I'm not sure this is correct; choose-mirror was updated in June for the
> D-I Buster Alpha 3 release. I see those mirrors for HK in choose-mirror
> 2.91:
> | Site: ftp.hk.debian.org
> | Site: mirror.xtom.com.hk
> | Site: openbsd.hk
>
> So it seems the rackspace mirror hasn't been registered?
>
> FWIW the list is updated from this URL:
>   https://salsa.debian.org/mirror-team/masterlist/raw/master/Mirrors.masterlist
>
> so you might want to get in touch with the mirror team to get it
> considered for inclusion?
>
>
> If you're asking about stable, we haven't been updating choose-mirror
> for point releases. I think I'm fine with discussing whether we could or
> should do it, but that would mean being extra sure no typos or extra
> fields could make choose-mirror misbehave in stable. I'm not sure we
> have such guarantees at the moment.
>
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org)            <https://debamax.com/>
> D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant



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@Showfom