[issue756] debian.list: Note usage of GeoIP-selected mirrors, comment deb-src lines, grab master-mirror (commented), add examples for DE/AT mirrors (commented)

[Sedat Dilek]

Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek at gmail.com> added the comment:

Here in English:

According to [1]:
grml-live (build system for creating a Grml (based) Linux live system):
...
* replace all references to ftp.de.debian.org with cdn.debian.org
...

On the first sight, this change needs IMHO some explanations:
<cdn.debian.net> (*.org see above is btw wrong) was introduced to select the
best available local Debian-mirror via geo-ip localisation.
For example:
A user from AT (Austria) will get the AT-Debian-mirror for upgrades.

This could be manifested in a further step as a comment in debian.list:

[debian.list]
# official debian repository (mirror selected via geo-ip):
  deb     http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
#  deb-src http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ sid main contrib non-free

# official debian repository:
#  deb     http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
#  deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free

# official debian DE repository:
#  deb     http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
#  deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free

# official debian AT repository:
#  deb     http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
#  deb-src http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
- EOF -

As a next wish I would recommend to comment the lines beginning with "deb-src".
GRML user should know how and where to activate sources.
BTW, this chnage will save needless Internet traffic.

As a goodie I would cite - admittedly commented - and as examples DE and AT for
Debian-mirrors.
If there are problems with the cdn-service, user can easily switch to their
preferred mirror.

- Sedat -

[1] http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2009.10/

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status: chatting
title: debian.list: Note usage of GeoIP-selected mirrors, comment deb-src lines, grab master-mirror (commented), add examples for DE/AT mirrors (commented)

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