[Bug 2036810] Re: Install defaults to "main server" rather than a mirror

[Olivier Gayot]

Hello @fossfreedom,

>From the logs standpoint, everything looks correct. During the install,
everything that needed downloading got downloaded from
http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com.

I also did an install of Ubuntu budgie daily to further check what
/etc/apt looks like in the target system. And it looked good (*) as
well. The country mirror is used.

It is actually a software-properties bug when the system is configured
with deb822 sources. See bug 2033949.

.. which caused the migration to deb822 sources to be pushed back.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-
devel/2023-September/042791.html

This PR should fix the issue by disabling deb822 sources:

https://github.com/canonical/subiquity/pull/1801

(*) except that the -security pocket is not accessed through
security.ubuntu.com - see bug 2033977

Overall, I expect that taking a more recent revision of the ubuntu-
desktop-installer should solve the issues.

Thanks,
Olivier

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Title:
  Install defaults to "main server" rather than a mirror

Status in subiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Using Ubuntu Budgie 23.10 beta + the new installer

  I noted after install in software-properties-gtk that the default
  server to download from was "Main Server".

  I was expecting one of the UK mirrors to be the default.

  Indeed - installing from our legacy ISO beta, after install the
  download offered the "Server for the United Kingdom"

  attached is the /var/log/installer folder that has been tar'd

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