Re: Wow

["Rev. Joseph Carter" <knghtbrd@earthlink.net>]

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On Sat, 4 Apr 1998, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:

> > What I did see however was the apt method which was added to dselect.
> > It's a bit rough on the UI still---I gave up on the access menu in dselect
> > and just started editing /etc/apt/sources.list by hand.  <g>  Perhaps you
> > might consider a slang-type interface to replace that function at a later
> > point?  I expected the lack of prettyness there considering .2 version and
> > all, but a text GUI for that aspect would allow adding and removing of
> > access methods and possibly even reordering them for preference in sites.
> 
> I think the setup method works much better in .3? Presumably it wiped your
> source list file and that is bad, the original one looked like this;

It's just asking for them over and over and not having any defaults.  For
me personally, just have the access select apt and then toss me in $VISUAL
with /etc/apt/sources.list and I'll be happy.  Something with the ability
to add/delete/edit/reorder entries would be a good thing in the long run
for Joe-luser, but if you ask me even -PICO- has those abilities, even if
they're not pretty.

> # Use for a local mirror - remove the llug http lines for the bits
> # your mirror contains.
> # deb file:/your/mirror/here/debian stable main contrib non-free
> # See sources.list(5) for more information
> deb http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian stable main contrib non-free
> deb http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian frozen main contrib non-free
> deb http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian unstable main contrib non-free
> deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/binary-i386/
> deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/binary-i386/ 
> 
> Which shows the proper way to setup non-US, see sources.list(5).

ahha.  I'd still like a /debian/dists/frozen/non-US which would be the
BEST way to do it with a notation in there for US FTP sites that non-US
doesn't happen in the US right now.  With the http thing that might even
be able to be done with a US site (http redirect to a random known mirror
carrying non-US files) though that'd be probably not worth it since you
can just add a non-US site for it.

For now I'll just fix the URL


> > I noticed the http method was all that is implemented.  When I interrupted
> > getting of a package file because I kinda screwed something up and went
> > back in later it seemed to continue the file where I left off with it.  I
> > was not aware http SUPPORTED reget at all.
> 
> It does, and more.. If you can use it, HTTP is way better than FTP for
> speed, reliability and features.

Which http servers support reget?  I found ftp to be faster and http
doesn't time out so well when you lose connection.  Looking back,
ftp.de.debian.org may support it, but ftp1.us.debian.org appears not to,
though I'll have to watch closer.

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