Apt-p2p needs some promotion

[CatchesAStar]

Binary package hint: apt

This is a wishlist/bug in apt-p2p.
Currently, apt-p2p is not very well know; its only known by people who have been working with ubuntu long enough.
I believe that there should be an option in the "software source" of gnome to use apt-p2p to make users informed that they have this option.

Apt-p2p is important in the fact that it decreases the load on the ubuntu-servers, especially during upgrades.
If more people use it, apt-p2p can possibly become more popular, and therefore more packages would be able to be downloaded using it.

In addition, Apt-p2p should have a "fallback after timeout option" where it falls back to the ubuntu repository after waiting for a set amount of time (timeout). This ensures that the packages/repository that the user was trying to download will be downloaded, and will be added to the apt-p2p pool. The next user will then have more chance of downloading the package/repository from apt-p2p. This also prevents users from getting hung on certain repositories where there are not many peers.

[Torsten Spindler (tspindler)]

How do you plan to make apt-p2p more popular? To me it looks like an optional package that some, but not all users will install.

[CatchesAStar (catchesastar)]

An option should be added to the software sources to enable apt-p2p.

[Daniel Hahler (blueyed)]

A similar package/project would be debtorrent (http://wiki.debian.org/DebTorrent), and maybe others.
That something for Ubuntu Brainstorm probably.

[Kerry Hatcher (kerry.hatcher)]

An option would be ideal for the "Download From" area of the software sources. Not sure what project to suggest this to.

[Kerry Hatcher (kerry.hatcher)]

"In addition, Apt-p2p should have a "fallback after timeout option" where it falls back to the ubuntu repository after waiting for a set amount of time (timeout). This ensures that the packages/repository that the user was trying to download will be downloaded, and will be added to the apt-p2p pool. The next user will then have more chance of downloading the package/repository from apt-p2p. This also prevents users from getting hung on certain repositories where there are not many peers."

It is my understanding that it already does this, however I think I found a bug with the system.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-p2p/+bug/578462

[Stefan Nagy (stefan-nagy)]

I posted this idea on Ubuntu Brainstorm: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/26532/

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.