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* Specify substitute url in GUI installer
@ 2021-01-03 12:44 Zhu Zihao
  2021-01-03 17:43 ` Mathieu Othacehe
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Zhu Zihao @ 2021-01-03 12:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: guix-devel

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Hi, Guix users!

Thanks to the <Alex Chi iskyzh@gmail.com> (from SJTU). We finally set up
a Guix substitute mirror in SJTU LUG.

You can try with command line option
"--substitute-urls=https://mirrors.sjtug.sjtu.edu.cn/guix"

However, it's sad that there's no option for user to specify substitute
url in GUI installer of Guix ISO. It means that people new to Guix still
have to tolerate the slow connection during the installation.

Can we add such option for GUI installer?

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Zihao

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* Re: Specify substitute url in GUI installer
@ 2022-03-29  7:42 hahawang
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: hahawang @ 2022-03-29  7:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: othacehe; +Cc: guix-devel

Hi,

      I don't think substitute server authorization is a problem. In 
most cases, the purpose of using a substitute server in the installation 
process is mainly for speeding up package downloads. The content of the 
substitute server mirror remains the same as the official one. As I 
know, in that case, the authorization is not necessary. So that adding a 
substitute server option in the graphical installer is reasonable. It 
would improve the convenience radically, especially for people in some 
countries or regions where a fast internet connection to the official 
server is not available.

ZeroBeyond



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* Re: Specify substitute url in GUI installer
@ 2022-03-29  7:47 ZeroBeyond
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: ZeroBeyond @ 2022-03-29  7:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: othacehe; +Cc: guix-devel

Hi,

      I don't think substitute server authorization is a problem. In 
most cases, the purpose of using a substitute server in the installation 
process is mainly for speeding up package downloads. The content of the 
substitute server mirror remains the same as the official one. As I 
know, in that case, the authorization is not necessary. So that adding a 
substitute server option in the graphical installer is reasonable. It 
would improve the convenience radically, especially for people in some 
countries or regions where a fast internet connection to the official 
server is not available.

ZeroBeyond



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* Re: Specify substitute url in GUI installer
@ 2022-03-29  8:08 ZeroBeyond
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: ZeroBeyond @ 2022-03-29  8:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: othacehe; +Cc: guix-devel

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Hi,

      I don't think substitute server authorization is a problem. In 
most cases, the purpose of using a substitute server in the installation 
process is mainly for speeding up package downloads. The content of the 
substitute server mirror remains the same as the official one. As I 
know, in that case, the authorization is not necessary. So that adding a 
substitute server option in the graphical installer is reasonable. It 
would improve the convenience radically, especially for people in some 
countries or regions where a fast internet connection to the official 
server is not available.

ZeroBeyond

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* Re: Specify substitute url in GUI installer
@ 2022-03-29  8:11 ZeroBeyond
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: ZeroBeyond @ 2022-03-29  8:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: othacehe, guix-devel

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Hi,

     I don't think substitute server authorization is a problem. In
most cases, the purpose of using a substitute server in the installation
process is mainly for speeding up package downloads. The content of the
substitute server mirror remains the same as the official one. As I
know, in that case, the authorization is not necessary. So that adding a
substitute server option in the graphical installer is reasonable. It
would improve the convenience radically, especially for people in some
countries or regions where a fast internet connection to the official
server is not available.

ZeroBeyond

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* Re: Specify substitute url in GUI installer
@ 2022-03-29  8:15 ZeroBeyond
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: ZeroBeyond @ 2022-03-29  8:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: othacehe, guix-devel

Hi,

      I don't think substitute server authorization is a problem. In 
most cases, the purpose of using a substitute server in the installation 
process is mainly for speeding up package downloads. The content of the 
substitute server mirror remains the same as the official one. As I 
know, in that case, the authorization is not necessary. So that adding a 
substitute server option in the graphical installer is reasonable. It 
would improve the convenience radically, especially for people in some 
countries or regions where a fast internet connection to the official 
server is not available.

ZeroBeyond



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