Re: Suggestion: add note about httpredir to debian.org/mirror/list

Great, thank you!

On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 9:48 PM, Holger Wansing <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Holger Wansing <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Michael Stapelberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Hey,
> > >
> > > friends of mine were unaware that http://httpredir.debian.org/ exists
> and
> > > pointed out that our official documentation doesn’t mention it.
> > >
> > > Specifically, they read https://www.debian.org/mirror/list and then
> > > proceeded to hand-pick a mirror.
> > >
> > > I think it would be beneficial to our users if we added a note like the
> > > following at the top of the page:
> > >
> > > """
> > > Use http://httpredir.debian.org/ to automatically get the best mirror
> based
> > > on your geographic and network location. In case httpredir does not
> work
> > > for you, please send a report to [email protected] and select a
> mirror
> > > from the following list for the time being:
> > > """
> > >
> > > What do you think?
> >
> > Generally, I would consider that a good idea.
> > On https://www.debian.org/mirror/ we already have such a paragraph,
> > I would copy that one to ../mirror/list too, if no one objects.
>
> Done. Should be online within the next hours.
>
>
> Holger
>
>
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Best regards,
Michael