[Bug 1876035] Re: Consider making '-o Acquire::Retries=3' the default for 'apt-get update/install/dist-upgrade'

[Sebastien Bacher]

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Title:
  Consider making '-o Acquire::Retries=3' the default for 'apt-get
  update/install/dist-upgrade'

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi,

  We operate archive.ubuntu.com as well as mirrors of it in various
  places. We're getting reports of various CI/CD jobs failing. Sometimes
  due to routing issues, issues with overloaded servers/VMs hosting
  archive, etc.

  Any chance we can make '-o Acquire::Retries=3' the default for 'apt-
  get update/install/dist-upgrade'? Preferably with a randomised skew
  between retries.

  Also, any chance of having apt-get retry with different IPs/hosts
  returned from the DNS lookup? (e.g. for archive.ubuntu.com -
  91.189.88.142, 91.189.88.152, ...).

  Thanks.

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