VyOS builds now use the deb.debian.net load balanced mirror
Daniil Baturin
Posted 12 Jan, 2018
If there are any good things about that packages server migration and restructuring is that it promoted a revamp of the associated part of the build scripts.
Since the start the default Debian mirror was set to nl.debian.org for a completely arbitrary reason. This of course was suboptimal for most users who are far from the Netherlands, and while the mirror is easy enough to change in ./configure options, a better out of the box experience wouldn't harm.
Danny ter Haar (fromport) suggested that we change it to deb.debian.org which is load balanced, which I think is a good idea. There's a small chance that it will redirect you to a dead mirror, but if you run into any issues, you can always set it by hand.
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