Please clarify why binary mirror is not used by default

[chtpl]

please clarify in Readme why nvm does not use prebuilt binary mirrors by default. Compiling took reeeeeaaaaaally long for me when installing node 18 using nvm.

Maybe it would be good to initially ask the user whether a binary server should be used and provide the URL to the official node project download server?

[ljharb]

It does use the binaries by default (it's not another mirror, there's only https://nodejs.org/dist). If it compiled, that means a binary doesn't exist for your system.

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[plastikfan]

I have the same issue and looking for a resolution (zsh on ubuntu 20.04, windows 10-WSL2)

[ljharb]

There aren’t prebuilt binaries for Ubuntu.