Hello John, or anyone else affected, Accepted apt into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/1.2.21 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance! ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed ** Tags added: verification-needed ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Yakkety) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1615482 Title: apt-daily timer runs at random hours of the day Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in apt source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Status in apt source package in Yakkety: Fix Committed Status in apt source package in Zesty: In Progress Bug description: apt, from 1.2.10 onwards (ie any version in Xenial, onwards) uses a systemd timer instead of a cron.daily job. This is a good thing, decoupling apt daily runs from the rest of cron, and ensuring other cron.daily jobs are not blocked by up to half an hour by the default settings of unattended-upgrades. However the policy chosen is to have the apt daily script run at a random hour of the day in a wrong headed attempt to reduce server load. This has the side effect of running unattended-upgrades at random hours of the day — such as business hours — rather than being confined to between 6:25am and 6:55am, using the defaults. A better policy would be to have the script activate at 6:00am plus an interval of 20 minutes at one second intervals reducing the impact of timezone population spikes, while still allowing unattended-upgrades to run within a predictable interval, before 7am. At the very least, some sort of note in the NEWS file detailing the new behaviour would be welcome. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1615482/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
