> -- Original message -- > > To: [email protected] > Subject: Suggestions to update the https://www.debian.org/CD/ page > From: Matt Weeks <[email protected]> > The https://www.debian.org/CD/ page seems a bit outdated. Is there someone > here who can update it? > > > I'd suggest changing > > "Due to space and bandwidth constraints, only very few mirrors are able to > supply direct HTTP/FTP download links. These sites may use bandwidth > throttling, downloads can be quite slow. Please use jigdo or bittorrent > instead. DVD images are only available for some architectures and not on all > mirrors." > > > To: > > "Many mirrors supply direct HTTP download links you can download with your > browser."
Does someone disagrees about this change? If no one objects, I plan to commit the change this week-end. > > Broadband penetration has also dramatically increased, statistics in nearly > all the countries as I can find show that most users with internet access > (that can view this page) will also have broadband. E.g. Pew says 84% of U.S. > households own a computer, and 73% of households have broadband. China Daily > says Chinese speeds average 9.46 Mb/s. So I do not believe it is appropriate > any more to put the best option for dial-up at the top of the page. And while > there’s nothing wrong with jigdo or bittorrent, it will probably take the > average user more time to download, install, and open jigdo than to simply > download the iso from their closest mirror in their browser using the auto > mirror selector. > > > > Speaking of that, the automatic mirror selector has been working for over a > year now, so perhaps we should drop the “experimental” label and make it the > default as well. I do not think it is used for the iso links on > https://www.debian.org/distrib/ ? Do we plan to use it there? I have no idea about this point.
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