Mirror: Provides a list of available mirrors for users to choose from when setting up mirrors.

[hwf1324]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Setting up mirrors is still too difficult for the average user at the moment. Users need to manually get the URL of the mirror, which is obviously very tedious.

Describe the solution you'd like

In #17099 (comment) @josephsl wrote:

as for the overall design, a text field might be a good starting point. Another approach might be to have a list of predefined URL's and their user-friendly labels, then add an interface to add custom mirrors and a way to specify the preferred address. That way people can change URL's easily (from a list of mirrors) or let NVDA (or the user) fall back to known mirror(s). For inspiration, take a look at Cygwin installer where one can obtain packages from a variety of sources/mirrors.

I think it's a great program.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Additional context

[SaschaCowley]

We support this feature, as long as there are prominent warnings when changing to an unofficial mirror, and when updating to a build downloaded from an unofficial mirror.

[cary-rowen]

Would it be better or worse if mirror urls could be localized like gestures?