====== 2015-12-29 - debian's httpredir ======

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i've recently came across interesting project for automatic mirror selection in [[wp>debian]]'s [[wp>Advanced Packaging Tool|apt]], namely [[http://httpredir.debian.org/|httpredir]]. after about two weeks of using it i must say it works like a charm! :) mirrors are selected very reasonably, which results in fast download speeds and up to date repos. and all of this works out of the box -- all one needs to do is to change URLs to repos from something like:

<code>
deb http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian testing main
</code>

to:

<code>
deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian testing main
</code>

...and that's it! everything else is done automatically, based on your source address.