Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: update-manager
When upgrading from gutsy to intrepid, update-manager ignores the local
sources.list and downloads everything needed from archive.ubuntu.org.
This is problematic for multiple reasons.
1. Some users may have a local or regional mirror that provides faster
downloads than archive. Ignoring sources.list prevents them from using those
local mirrors, possibly causing substantial bandwidth costs.
2. During the initial release window for intrepid thousands of Ubuntu users are
going to upgrade. Will archive be able to handle the demand?
3. When upgrading multiple machines in a laboratory or corporate environment,
each machine will download all the packages they need from archive, rather than
allowing a single download via the use of apt-proxy or other related proxy
systems.
Please re-consider this policy decision.
** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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[8.10] update-manager ignores sources.list during gutsy->intrepid upgrade
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289952
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