Use geoip.ubuntu.com by default.

common/modules/automirror/automirror.conf

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ baseUrl: archive.ubuntu.com
 
 # URL used for IP address lookup
 geoip:
-    style: "json"
+    style: "xml"
-    url:   "https://ipapi.co/json"
+    url:   "https://geoip.ubuntu.com/lookup"
 
 # Distribution that this is based off of.
 # This is so we can make safe assumptions for the contents of

common/modules/automirror/main.py

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from urllib.error import URLError
 import socket
 import logging
 import distro
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 
 global sources
 sources = """# Automatically generated by Calamares on DATE.
@@ -99,10 +100,20 @@ def getcountrycode():
     an empty string.
     """
     if libcalamares.globalstorage.value("hasInternet"):
+        geoip_style = libcalamares.job.configuration["geoip"]["style"]
         geoipurl = libcalamares.job.configuration["geoip"]["url"]
+
         try:
             with urllib.request.urlopen(geoipurl, timeout=75) as http_response:
-                localedata = json.loads(http_response.read().decode())
+                if geoip_style == "json":
+                    localedata = json.loads(http_response.read().decode())
+                    return localedata["country_code"]
+                elif geoip_style == "xml":
+                    tree = ET.parse(http_response)
+                    root = tree.getroot()
+                    return root.find("CountryCode").text
+                else:
+                    logging.error("Unknown geoip style: %s", geoip_style)
         except HTTPError as http_error:
             logging.error("Data not retrieved because %s - URL: %s",
                           http_error, geoipurl)
@@ -113,9 +124,7 @@ def getcountrycode():
                 logging.error("Non-timeout protocol error.")
         else:
             logging.info("Country successfully determined.")
-            return localedata["country"]
+    return ""
-    else:
-        return ""
 
 
 def get_subdomain_by_country(countrycode):

debian/changelog

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 calamares-settings-ubuntu (1:23.10.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Remove the Partners repository as an option.
+  * Use geoip.ubuntu.com by default.
 
  -- Simon Quigley <tsimonq2@ubuntu.com>  Sun, 08 Oct 2023 11:53:28 -0500
 

lubuntu/modules/automirror.conf

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 baseUrl: archive.ubuntu.com
 distribution: Lubuntu
 geoip:
-    style: "json"
+    style: "xml"
-    url:   "https://ipapi.co/json"
+    url:   "https://geoip.ubuntu.com/lookup"