Le 03/05/2017 à 17:20, Stéphane Blondon a écrit : > > >> -- 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 The https://www.debian.org/CD/ page seems a bit outdated.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."
I committed this sentence: 'Many mirrors supply direct HTTP download links you can download with your browser or command line tool.' because the detailed page (https://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/) advices the use of tool that supports resuming. The update will be visible in few hours. >> 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 didn't close the bug because I don't know what the automatic selection status is. Stéphane
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