Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list
On Fri 15 Jan 2016 at 09:54:30 +0300, Adam Wilson wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 19:08:53 +0000
> Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > http.debian.net/debian/
> >
> > is exactly the same as
> >
> > httpredir.debian.org/debian/
> >
> > The .org indicates it is an official, supported mirror but it makes no
> > difference when updating and downloading. The former gets you to the
> > latter.
> >
>
> I am aware of this. I used to use httpredir.debian.org in my
> sources.list, but switched to http.debian.net because honestly it just
> looks better.
Looks do not matter. Either works for now and, for most users, it saves
them agonising about which mirror to use.
> Btw, what exactly is the purpose of '<release>-proposed-updates'? I
> always enable it for completeness' sake, but is this good practice?
https://wiki.debian.org/StableProposedUpdates
I've never used it and have no plans to do so.
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