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Re: ftp.debian.org update



On Tuesday 04 December 2007 22:44, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 09:35:41PM +0100, Thierry Chatelet wrote:
> > On Tuesday 04 December 2007 09:54, Josip Rodin wrote:
> > > On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 01:27:22AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > > > Many people seem to think that ftp.debian.org is the canonical
> > > > > location of Debian packages and that it will be best for them to
> > > > > use that site for apt or for mirroring. This is *not true*.
> >
> > Maybe, it would be wise to remove it from the proposed locations in the
> > installer!
> > Thierry
>
> The last installation I recall prompted for a mirror based on my
> location (Romania). It offered only Romanian mirrors, the first being
> ftp.ro.debian.org (the primary mirror for Romania).
>
Last install I did (yesterday) using a freshly downloaded netinstall iso 
proposed me, oupss no, had available, ftp.debian.org. I dont remember what it 
proposed me as a default,
Thierry



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