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Set local mirror instead of mirror list in /etc/apt/sources.list #636

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vjr opened this issue Nov 18, 2022 · 3 comments
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Set local mirror instead of mirror list in /etc/apt/sources.list #636

vjr opened this issue Nov 18, 2022 · 3 comments

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vjr commented Nov 18, 2022

Currently an installation of elementary 7 horus daily results in /etc/apt/source.list having mirrorlists instead of the local archive.

This results in a poor experience during package updates/installs due to many of the mirrors being slow or out of order.

I'm located in India but I suspect these issues are relevant in many places across the globe.

Updating the build system to specify local mirrors (if possible) instead would greatly improve the experience because the requirements/guidelines for being an official country mirror from Canonical are stricter as noted here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mirrors
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vjr commented Nov 18, 2022

I'll see if I can work on proposing a PR for this over the weekend although I am not familiar with the build options and will need to look them up.

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vjr commented Dec 10, 2022

On further thought, a mirrorlist may be preferable in situations such as a person carrying their laptop while traveling to different locations around the globe.

Not sure how Ubuntu handles this, if at all, because IIRC they set the archive mirror to the country mirror.

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vjr commented Dec 10, 2022

I was thinking of two PRs, one for the OS repo to set the mirrors value to the default "archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu" instead of the mirrorlist and a second PR for initial-setup to prepend the two-letter country code to the /etc/apt/source.list archive entries upon selecting the language.

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davidmhewitt added a commit that referenced this issue Jul 12, 2023
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Stop using mirror lists
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Partially reverts #328 

I'm seeing regular issues with these mirror lists on my installed system where `apt` will get stuck on some garbage tier mirror while trying to do updates.

Ever since this has been merged, we've been seeing the daily builds of the iso fail due to the same issue, and it feels like the frequency of this is increasing.

It also seems I'm not alone in this issue: #636 https://github.com/orgs/elementary/discussions/271

I think we did this originally due to something about maybe ending up with a country specific mirror (i.e. `us.archive.ubuntu.com`) after installation, or maybe the fact that the default mirror only has servers in the UK and US and is therefore maybe less efficient for users elsewhere in the world.

Either way, I think we should give this another try, and maybe look at having initial setup set the right mirror for the country after installation if we still think there are issues.
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