Blueprint changed by Scott Moser: Whiteboard changed: - === Please Use Etherpad for Editing === - Etherpad: http://pad.ubuntu.com/uds-q-servercloud-q-apt-improvements Blueprint: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/servercloud-q-apt-improvements - Are there any work items for this? -- Daviey + = User Stories = + * Jim is using JuJu, and adds a node. He does not want to see apt fail due to a race condition. + * Marley is using the Ubuntu installer for network based installs against a local mirror that is updated from a remote mirror. He does not want installs to fail due to the mirror being updated. + * Sally wants to use a http proxy to cache deb downloads and does not want to be vulnerable to caching mismatched files that would cause apt failures. + + = Assumptions = + None + + = Test Plans = + Test will be conducted in 2 ways: + a.) implied test: much of our automated infrastructure relies on apt and previously failed quite commonly due to apt. These errors should be erased. + b.) explicit test: we should ideally have some canary that would ensure our public mirrors do not fail. One example starting point is [1] + [1] https://code.launchpad.net/~smoser/+junk/check-archive/ + + = Release Note = + Ubuntu's public mirrors now contain an improved archive format. Coupled with updates to apt transient apt-update errors are a thing of the past.
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