Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/533416
Title:
Apt-p2p needs some promotion
Status in apt-p2p package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
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.
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