Ubuntu
update-manager package

  1. Bug #289952
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 289952

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Ted Cabeen (ted-cabeen) wrote : Re: [8.10] update-manager ignores sources.list during hardy->intrepid upgrade

That's frustrating for those of us who want to use unofficial mirrors to upgrade. I can see disabling mirrors that aren't up to date or that don't have the files necessary to upgrade to intrepid, but a lot of people use "unofficial" yet well-known and up-to-date mirrors (mirrors.kernel.org, ftp.usf.edu, mirror.anl.gov, etc.) to get their ubuntu packages. I think unilaterally disabling these mirrors from their their sources.list is pretty aggressive and will cause some pretty serious bandwidth crunches on the official mirrors when 8.10 is released. It's also confusing, as there is no notification that this is going to happen, nor is there any option to use local or non-official mirrors.

Finally, there aren't any official US mirrors. The official US mirror points at archive.ubuntu.org, which is located in London. If you are going to do something like this, shouldn't we have an official mirror in the country with the largest number of Ubuntu users?