add note on apt.sources

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/frags/installing-debian.rst b/frags/installing-debian.rst
index bd6f8796..24f4d20f 100644
--- a/frags/installing-debian.rst
+++ b/frags/installing-debian.rst
@@ -23,14 +23,25 @@ set your ``/etc/apt/preferences`` as follows:
    Pin: release l=Debian-Security
    Pin-Priority: 1000
 
-A typical ``/etc/apt/sources.list.d/taler.list`` file for this setup
-would look like this:
+A typical ``/etc/apt/sources.list`` file for this setup
+which combines Debian stable with more recent packages
+from testing and unstable would look like this:
 
 .. code-block::
 
-   deb https://deb.taler.net/apt/debian sid main
+   deb http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/ buster main
+   deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main
+   deb http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/ testing main
+   deb http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
+
+Naturally, you may want to use different mirrors depending on your region.
+Additionally, you must add a file to import the GNU Taler packages. Typically,
+this is done by adding a file ``/etc/apt/sources.list.d/taler.list`` that
+looks like this:
 
-The last line is crucial, as it adds the GNU Taler packages.
+.. code-block::
+
+   deb https://deb.taler.net/apt/debian sid main
 
 Next, you must import the Taler Systems SA public package signing key
 into your keyring and update the package lists: