[FSUG-Bangalore] sources.list, anyone?

[Rakesh 'arky' Ambati]

--- Sajith T S <sajith at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Can anyone share their apt sources?  (Someone in
> Bangalore, possibly -
> surely folks here should know the fastest mirrors as
> far as Bangalore
> is concerned, shouldn't they?  I could have used
> apt-spy but it takes
> hours.) 

Apt-spy does take hours you can cut down the time
significantly by limiting the test to Asia region
using (-d , -a I guess) or using custom spy-list. 

#/etc/apt/spy-list

Asia:
IN
JP


> Furthermore, is it a good idea to upgrade
> from Debian GNU/Linux
> 3.1 (the stuff that came in a DVD with PC Quest in
> 2004 December) to the
> latest unstable?

I guess so, they would be have lot of bug fixes and
updates. I suggest not to go to sid unless you are
ready to face a lot of package transitions that are
going now to meet the December 2006 release or until
freeze. That means you need some bandwidth to get
these packages regularly.



Some of the fast debian repo's from my sources.list
over last one year. 


deb ftp://ftp.iitm.ac.in/debian sid main 

deb ftp://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/debian unstable main
non-free contrib
deb-src ftp://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/debian unstable
main non-free contrib

deb http://mirror.nus.edu.sg/Debian/ unstable main
non-free contrib
deb-src http://mirror.nus.edu.sg/Debian unstable main
non-free contrib

deb ftp://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian/ unstable  main
deb-src ftp://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main

Also look at the Debian Mirror Checker
(http://mirror.debian.org/status.html) for the sync
status of your mirror.

Cheers

--arky