[Bug 365972] Re: "Could not download all repository indexes" alert isn't helpful

[Sebastian Heinlein]

Actually the messages is created by apt itself in a black box. Aptdaemon
only gets the translated error message and shows it to the user.

If we could access the Aquire instance of the ListUpdate we could show a
custom error message, since we would know which downloads failed.

** Also affects: apt (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: python-apt (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  "Could not download all repository indexes" alert isn't helpful

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “aptdaemon” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “python-apt” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  
  Hi,

  Please find attached a screenshot showing what happens when some
  repositories are not available.

  I think this dialog can be improved a few ways:
   - rather than just displaying 2 lines (of 12), display all tweleve
   - rather than just displaying as much as will fit horizontally, perhaps perform common string replacement and display things heirarchically?

  e.g.

  in this case the url might be:

   http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/foo/main/binary-amd64/Packages
   http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/foo/main/source/Sources
   http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/foo-updates/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages

  perhaps:

   http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/
    foo/main/binary-amd64/Packages
    foo/main/source/Sources
    foo-updates/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages

  instead?

  Regards,
  Anand

  1)

  anand at saltatrix:~$ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 9.04
  Release:	9.04

  2)

  anand at saltatrix:~$ apt-cache policy update-manager
  update-manager:
    Installed: 1:0.111.7
    Candidate: 1:0.111.7
    Version table:
   *** 1:0.111.7 0
          500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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