Bug#805796: www.debian.org: please mention httpredir.d.o on mirror page(s)
Elena Grandi <[email protected]>
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Package: www.debian.org Severity: normal When googling from italy for a list of debian mirrors the results include https://www.debian.org/mirror/index.it.html which points to https://www.debian.org/mirror/list and https://www.debian.org/mirror/official.it.html#list I expect that similar queries from other countries can give similar results. None of those pages mention the fact that there is now an official redirector at http://httpredir.debian.org/ which can be used instead of a local mirror. While the installer currently suggests that mirror, users who are updating an old installation have no way to know about it, and would end up hardcoding a single mirror when the redirect would have probably worked better for them. I believe that adding a short note near the top of the page pointing those users to http://httpredir.debian.org/ (or giving concise instructions on how to use it) would be helpful. Thanks in advance