** Summary changed:

- [8.10] update-manager ignores sources.list during gutsy->intrepid upgrade
+ [8.10] update-manager ignores sources.list during hardy->intrepid upgrade

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: update-manager
  
- When upgrading from gutsy to intrepid, update-manager ignores the local
+ When upgrading from hardy 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.

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[8.10] update-manager ignores sources.list during hardy->intrepid upgrade
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289952
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