[Bug 775525] Re: Improve message when mirror fails to respond or connection to server is broken in some way (proxy, overload)

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement]

raising priority because it has an impact on a large portion of users

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Low => Medium

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Title:
  Improve message when mirror fails to respond or connection to server
  is broken in some way (proxy, overload)

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: update-manager

  At release time, some mirrors are overloaded and fails with a timeout, the connection can also be broken due to proxy issues.
  Currently the message returned to the user is "No 'ubuntu-minimal' available/downloadable after sources.list rewrite+update" which is misleading and meaningless. See bug 774505 for example.
  This message is also displayed when a proxy doesn't return the expected content.

  Update manager should test the connection to the mirror prior to
  upgrading and display a clear message to the user.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: update-manager 1:0.150
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon May  2 14:11:54 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-02-21 (69 days ago)