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Re: ftp.debian.org update



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).

Regards,
Andrei
-- 
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)

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