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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+#  get_debian_mirrors.py
+#
+#  Download the latest list with available mirrors from the Debian 
+#  website and extract the hosts from the raw page
+#
+#  Copyright (c) 2006 Free Software Foundation Europe
+#
+#  Author: Sebastian Heinlein <glatzor@ubuntu.com>
+# 
+#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 
+#  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as 
+#  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+#  License, or (at your option) any later version.
+# 
+#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+# 
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
+#  USA
+
+import urllib2
+import re
+import os
+import commands
+import sys
+
+# the list of official Ubuntu servers
+mirrors = []
+# path to the local mirror list
+list_path = "../data/templates/Debian.mirrors"
+
+req = urllib2.Request("http://www.debian.org/mirror/mirrors_full")
+match = re.compile("^.*>([A-Za-z0-9-.\/_]+)<\/a>.*\n$")
+
+def add_sites(line, proto, sites, mirror_type):
+    path = match.sub(r"\1", line)
+    for site in sites:
+        mirror_type.append("%s://%s%s" % (proto, site.lstrip(), path))
+
+try:
+    print "Downloading mirrors list from the Debian website..."
+    uri=urllib2.urlopen(req)
+    for line in uri.readlines():
+        if line.startswith("Site:"):
+            sites = line[6:-1].split(",")
+        elif line.startswith('Packages over HTTP'):
+            add_sites(line, "http", sites, mirrors)
+        elif line.startswith('Packages over FTP'):
+            add_sites(line, "ftp", sites, mirrors)
+    uri.close()
+except:
+    print "Failed to download or to extract the mirrors list!"
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+print "Writing local mirrors list: %s" % list_path
+list = open(list_path, "w")
+for mirror in mirrors:
+    list.write("%s\n" % mirror)
+list.close()
+print "Done."