Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: update-manager

When attempting to update to the Maverick 10.10 beta, using "update-
manager -c -d":

1. The DistUpgrade tool and its related Python packages, if I'm not wrong, was 
downloaded from the main US mirror "archive.ubuntu.com".
2. At the "Setting software channels" step after disabling 3rd party sources, 
the download mirror that is added to /etc/apt/sources.list is again the US 
mirror "http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu";. The original line in sources.list: 
"deb ftp://mirror.upm.edu.my/ubuntu/ karmic main universe multiverse 
restricted" is ignored and commented out instead.

So the main problem is that the Ubuntu upgrade is now subject to network
conditions between the user's ISP and trunk line to the US (in my case,
I suspect our ISPs have been throttling downloads from the US, so my
download speed is incredibly slow compared to my ADSL plan's usual
speed.) - even though it would have been trivially straightforward to
determine which mirror the user has already chosen to use, and whether
the mirror has up-to-date packages to support the Maverick upgrade.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.134.10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.41-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Sep  5 00:39:00 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid

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Release-upgrades should always use a local mirror
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/630338
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