[Bug 1548468] Re: [suggestion] apt-cacher ubuntu release names

[Eduard Bloch]

They are hardly related. One is a bug of installer (crashing, wtf?) and
was actually for apt-cacher (wtf?) and not acng . The other one is
something I would like to solve in a more generic approach. Third one is
the first one (wtf?).

First: Adding an extra package with just one config line sounds
ridiculous, sorry.

Second: I will not add some very special cute variable for a very
special distribution. What I could add is a way to accumulate multiple
*PatternEx variables so you can just extend the config as you need it.
Then you can go and create your toy package in any way you like it (like
adding brute force solutions a-la '.*/wily\.t*z.*'.

Third: I's still prefer to see a solution which is based on an URL
location and does not care about the particular name.

Fourth: I am sick of seeing Ubuntu guys inventing more and more funny
file paths on their servers that are somehow becoming mandatory in the
update process. Can this not be somehow unified and the relevant
information distributed a way ahead in a sane way?

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Title:
  [suggestion] apt-cacher ubuntu release names

Status in apt-cacher package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  A common issue when using apt-cacher is that ´do-release-upgrade´ will fail getting the files for the new release (WARNING:root:file '<release>.tar.gz.gpg' missing).
  Reason is that apt-cacher does not know the new release name and therefore rejects to retrieve files for it. Most people don't know that behaviour and even admins forget about it.

  To enhance the user experience I suggest to add a new file:
  /etc/apt-cacher/conf.d/00ubuntu_releases

  This file should only contain the "ubuntu_release_names" configuation option with all known release names.
  Example:
  ubuntu_release_names = dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial

  If a new release is available then just this config file has to be
  enhanced and all users will get the updated package and are then able
  to "do-release-upgrade" with apt-cacher.

  I even suggest to put this config file in a separate package (e.g.
  apt-cacher-ubuntu), that is installed along with the apt-cacher
  package and which is valid for all platforms and all releases (as it
  is just a simple text file).

  Kind regards
  Maddes

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